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not so new
This was just published yesterday:
No Evidence of Rapid Antiviral Clearance or Clinical Benefit with the Combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection - ScienceDirect
It may be premature to declare Hydroxychloroquine as a miracle cure here.
Contradictory studies are not uncommon for any number of reasons. However, when the bulk of the data coming in is showing consistent results, then the goal of research is acheived...and conclusions are drawn. That's why doctors want replication.
A review of this article shows that the 11 patients used in this study were already seriously ill with the virus. Consequently the results are not the same, and should not be the same. Positive results are coming from data of patients being treated at early onset of symptoms. Early treatment has already been noted by the doctors as a significant factor in the success rates they've been having.
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