I did look at the larger study as well. As I recall I shared this article with you as well.
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/hydroxychloroquine-and-azithromycin-versus-covid-19/
From the link you posted, its first complaint is this:
“Unsurprisingly, the first thing I noticed about the study is that it is a single arm, unrandomized trial with no control group. Right there that tells you it’s not going to produce good evidence for the efficacy of azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19.”
Well there you go — you want a randomized double blind study where one group takes a placebo and the other takes the drug combo.
Dr. Raoult is his interview with Dr. Oz tells us that he is against this approach because it is against his personal ethics.
BTW, let me ask you this to move the discussion further along -— WHAT KIND OF STUDY WOULD YOU HAVE PERFORMED TO YOUR SATISFACTION?
Let’s ask the questions further:
1) What are your patient criteria? Who would qualify for your study
2) What is your patient size?
3) How would you categorize who should and should not be given the drug combo ?
4) How would you determine success or failure?
Let’s start with those.