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Posted on 05/03/2020 6:07:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
While debate rages in France over Professor Didier Raoult's recommendation of a mixture of chloroquine (an antimalarial) and azithromycin (an antibiotic) to treat patients with Covid-19, some African countries have taken it very seriously. Such is the case in Cameroon, which has embraced the French professor's method of treatment.
Despite having authorised treatment in a very restricted manner for serious cases, France has shown scepticism regarding a dual therapy combining chloroquine (an antimalarial), or its derivative hydroxychloroquine, and azithromycin (an antibiotic used for lung and ENT infections and angina) to treat patients suffering from Covid-19. On April 22, France's Health Minister Olivier Véran said the most recent publications from clinical studies were not in favour of the dual therapy. Six days later, during a speech on France’s strategy for lifting its Covid-19 lockdown, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe clearly reaffirmed the government's position: “To date, no treatment has proven effective.”
#Chloroquine : « Les dernières publications ne sont pas en faveur de ce traitement » affirme @olivierveran https://t.co/i8Hpc3RRvl— Public Sénat (@publicsenat) April 22, 2020
The debate surrounding the protocol of Dr Didier Raoult, the director of the University Hospital Institute (IHU) Méditerranée Infection in the southern city of Marseille, continues to divide the country’s medical community. But while some French professionals consider the treatment too toxic and doubt its effectiveness, many African countries, already accustomed to anti-malarial drugs, have decided in favour of the reseacher and professor. This is notably the case in Cameroon, which has adopted Raoult's dual therapy.
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
Professor William Ngatchou is a cardiovascular surgeon at the General Hospital in Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. When FRANCE 24 asked him if he had heard of Professor Raoult, he responded with amusement: “Everyone knows Professor Raoult in Cameroon! Some even consider him like a national hero.” Like many health professionals in the country, Ngatchou thinks that the effectiveness of dual therapy combining an antimalarial and an antibiotic has been proven: “It’s been almost two months that this protocol has been in use for patients with Covid-19. I myself have noticed significant improvements in patients with its use, and the debate about the side effects of chloroquine seems very exaggerated to me.”
The concern about side effects is a red herring. No one worries about side effects when they prescribe it for lupus over long periods.
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This may be the secret. Get affirmation from African doctors.
When fauci er al say no. Call racist!
At this point, Dr. Raoult knows whether or not HCQ+AZ works. He is the world expert. Either it works or he lied.
Chris Martensen (Peak Prosperity) had a very informative video following the flaky VA HCQ trial. He went back to search the historic literature/studies etc. to look for side effect warnings for HCQ - there was NOTHING regarding elongated QT timing or other scary cardiac problems. Nothing. Somewhat miraculously those side effects rose to prominence after CCP Flu hit the scene. Funny that.
“No one worries about the side affects...”
Actually Governor Brown of Oregon is worried it will cut into payoffs from Gilead, or worse cure the virus and have her lock down expire.
Never understood what Dr. Goebbels has against HCQ.
I think it is his personal profit motives with Gilead and so many others.
He does not want a non-trademark non-patentable drug to be found successful or therapeutic.
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