NY was going to start this treatment regimen on Tuesday, and so we would have known something definitive yesterday. Then, yesterday, Trump says they really didn't start until Thursday.
At this point I am beginning to lean toward conspiracy. How did we not get started on Tuesday like they said we were? I am trying not to let my tinfoil side become oversized, but good grief!
7/100’s of a % death rate compared to 1.8% worldwide.....impressive.
-It does not work.
-It is anecdotal.
-There are significant risks to this medication.
-Trump lied, people died.
The French Dr. even looks like a wizard from the Lord of the Rings!
I wonder if they are using this in Italy yet.
I’m with you. It’s almost like there’s a magic cloak over this treatment. How is it we’re this far in and we still don’t know if it works? Some sources say it does. Some say it doesn’t.
If it did work, we could end the social distancing today. Hmm...why would they NOT want to end this social distancing today?
*cue Pelosi sharpening her pen for the next Stimulus bill*
The most unbelievable thing is that the FDA would still be refusing to recognize its value and encourage its use were it not for President Trump forceing the issue.
I agree with you but the reports, which were hard to come by, had the test starting last Tuesday or tomorrow. They were still getting people to agree to take part last week.
No transparency. I am starting to think the conspiracy people who say because there’s no money to be made on it (generic cheap) and because Trump promoted it, it will be slow-walked through and only given to the sickest on ventilators. I would give them priority for sure, but I’d give it to everyone diagnosed since it may not be that effective with the very sick with lung damage.
He’s starting to get into numbers that could show a decrease in mortality. The earlier paper did not.
Not getting into whether it works or not but that Frenchie hospital’s website is being deliberately misleading with statistics. Not surprising.
At the bottom right of the page you’ll see two numbers. One is the total number of patients treated with the combination at that hospital which is 1291 at the moment. This number includes people treated for 1, 2, 3 days or more.
Below this is the number of patients who were treated with this combination for more than 3 days who died, ie, 4 days or greater. He’s not counting anyone who was treated with this combination with 1, 2, or 3 days who died.
He’s making comparisons between two numbers he should not be.
There’s clearly a reason for this. He’s including everyone in the first group but the second group is the people who are already more likely to survive since they survived in the hospital for 4 or more days. There are probably a lot of people in the 1, 2, and 3 days of treatment who died since they wouldn’t be admitted unless their situation was very serious anyway. This hospital needs to make honest comparisons considering people are holding out a lot of hope for this. This doctor has played similar games before.
Since he’s playing games with statistics, I also wonder whether he’s playing games with who gets the drug in the first place. If he doesn’t include the most serious patients who are likely to go on a ventilator and not survive, he can make himself look even better.
There’s a link between covid19 virus deaths and pre-existing diabetes/pre-diabetes conditions.
Hydroxycloroquine lowers your glucose level and can also prevent diabetes.
Not conspiracy...fear and ignorance.
Also, the one death was an 86-year-old man with PEC hypertension, and was simply too far gone once he started on the protocol