Hydroxychloroquine helped save coronavirus patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails ...

[Michie]

...'fantastic news’

From the article:

Drug touted by Trump was mocked by media

Researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan have found that early administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die.

The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, determined that hydroxychloroquine provided a "66% hazard ratio reduction," and hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin a 71 percent reduction, compared to neither treatment.

In-hospital mortality was 18.1 percent with both drugs, 13.5 percent with just hydroxychloroquine, 22.4 percent with azithromycin alone, and 26.4 percent with neither drug. "Prospective trials are needed" for further review, the researchers note.

"Our results do differ from some other studies," Dr. Marcus Zervos, who heads the hospital's infectious diseases unit, said at a news conference. "What we think was important in ours ... is that patients were treated early. For hydroxychloroquine to have a benefit, it needs to begin before the patients begin to suffer some of the severe immune reactions that patients can have with COVID."

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Hydroxychloroquine helped save coronavirus patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails 'fantastic news'

 

[Pavel Mosko]

Was just talking about that yesterday...

 

[morse86]

How about Papayas and motor oil? Tanzania's President Blames Fake Positive Tests In The Spike In Coronavirus Cases

Tanzania's president John Magufuli, who holds a doctorate in chemistry, is denying a spike in the country's coronavirus cases, claiming that positive COVID-19 tests are fake.

 

[hedrick]

There are other concerns. See Study finds hydroxychloroquine helped coronavirus patients survive better - CNN. One is that more of the patients getting hydroxychlorowuine also got dexamethasone, which seems to have a benefit itself. Also, when the article was written, 10% of the patients were still in the hospital. Patients who die often do,so after long stays.

It would be great to have an effective treatment, but it’s not yet clear that this is it.

The Fox article doesn’t note these concerns, and spends most of its space on Trump’s self congratulations.

 

[MDC]

How about Papayas and motor oil? Tanzania's President Blames Fake Positive Tests In The Spike In Coronavirus Cases

The PCR test used to diagnose the virus will steadily put out false positives simply because it wasn’t created for medical diagnostic purposes. It’s a sham

 

[disciple Clint]

...'fantastic news’

From the article:

Drug touted by Trump was mocked by media

Researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan have found that early administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die.

The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, determined that hydroxychloroquine provided a "66% hazard ratio reduction," and hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin a 71 percent reduction, compared to neither treatment.

In-hospital mortality was 18.1 percent with both drugs, 13.5 percent with just hydroxychloroquine, 22.4 percent with azithromycin alone, and 26.4 percent with neither drug. "Prospective trials are needed" for further review, the researchers note.

"Our results do differ from some other studies," Dr. Marcus Zervos, who heads the hospital's infectious diseases unit, said at a news conference. "What we think was important in ours ... is that patients were treated early. For hydroxychloroquine to have a benefit, it needs to begin before the patients begin to suffer some of the severe immune reactions that patients can have with COVID."

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Hydroxychloroquine helped save coronavirus patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails 'fantastic news'

Dont expect the hear anything about this in the MSM