Before anyone puts much stock in this study, take a look at the makeup of the groups. Compare the age, comorbidities, etc. They are not even remotely comparable groups. The “no HCQ group” is much older and have a far higher rate of comorbidities. Cancer, Diabetes, Chronic heart disease, Hypertension, Chronic respiratory diseases and Obesity are all significantly higher in “no HCQ group”. There is a reason several more prestigious journals refused to publish the “study”. It’s garbage. It just confirms older people with serious health problems are far more likely to die of COVID-19 than younger healthier people.
And yet it is published.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020 July-August; 36: 101791.
Published online 2020 Jun 25