Don’t trust any source that doesn’t give you the raw data.
You just don’t know what they were studying, who they studied it on, when the drug was administered, to whom, how far in disease progression were they etc?
I’d imagine a VA hospital might have a large number of very sick people with comorbidities - but it’s just a guess. And if they waited until people were on ventilators to administer the drugs, then it was probably too late. I’m not saying the drug absolutely works, or works in all cases. But there is just too much data on the positive side to ignore.
AFAIK the study in Brazil involved very sick, infirm people.
It seems like some in the media are rooting for the drug to fail... for whatever reasons. Maybe because if the drug works, Trump will be hailed as a hero for promoting it. Meanwhile I think it is Novartis that is running a large Phase 3 clinical trial. That should provide more definitive data.
Anybody have a link to the study itself? Has it been submitted for review? Lots of questions and no answers.
Exactly. The drug has potential, but it needs to be studied PROPERLY. Multiple peer reviewed experiments, with the data out for everyone to see.
The President mentions it has potential, and his opponents accuse him endangering people with quack cures and try to ban it, and too many of his supporters tout it as a miracle cure. It simply has potential.
The whole thing has been ridiculous.