Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalized patients

Re:Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in h... by gameswithgo on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @02:05PM (#22880964)

It is important to remember we also do not have evidence of no efficacy for chocolate milk.

Yet we do not waste our time testing it.

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Re:Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in h... by kerkeslager on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:00PM (#22883004)

Okay but there are actually good reasons to test hydroxychloroquine, as it is effective against viruses with relevant similarities to Covid-19. The same is not true for chocolate milk.

To address the elephant in the room: yes, Trump did come out in favor of hydroxychloroquine, but his opinion on medical issues is literally meaningless noise in both the informational and auditory senses of the phrase. We certainly shouldn't be pursuing hydroxychloroquine because Trump said to, but there are other good reasons to at least investigate it.

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Re:Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in h... by jfnixon on Thursday April 16, 2020 @07:25AM (#22888310)

Exactly. One virus which is has been proven effective against in vitro is SARS-CoV. Which is probably why it is being tried against SARS-CoV-2. The two are similar, but with clinical differences (big surprise).

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Re:Study: No evidence of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in h... by trekrich on Thursday April 16, 2020 @03:50PM (#22892795)

Its worth looking into it.

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