“Hydroxychloroquine became immensely politicized, but much of this hype ultimately fell flat and it never became the “game-changer” its supporters proclaimed it to be. Many clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine failed to show any real benefit in fighting COVID-19, while an influential study that sung its praise was eventually retracted. Sadly, reports of chloroquine poisoning and at least one death were reported after people began taking the drug, or in the death case, a version of it intended for fish, without doctor approval.”
I’d take arguments like this a lot more seriously if they applied the same standards to masks and lockdowns. If they did, rather than mandates, lockdowns and masks would still be in the “clinical trial” stage, at best.
Those studies were bogus too, loaded in the wrong ways to make sure HCQ wouldn’t come out looking good.
The retracted study didn’t “sing the praises” of HCQ, it denied its effectiveness. This article can’t even parrot the warnings correctly.