Yale Professor of Epidemiology claims HCQ "key to defeating COVID-19"

Re:Yale Professor of Epidemiology claims HCQ "key to defeati... by ops_operator on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:10PM (#23977222)

The treatment is continuing to prove effective when administered in the correct dosages at the appropriate times and in conjunction with Zinc and Azithromycin.

Unfortunately a lot of people were biased against it precisely because Trump supported it. The studies showing it didn't work or was dangerous were poorly designed but people happily accepted their results because they made Trump look like a fool.

It's time we put politics aside and reverse course on HCQ.

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Re:Yale Professor of Epidemiology claims HCQ "key to defeati... by mcphage on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:58PM (#23978718)

> Unfortunately a lot of people were biased against it precisely because Trump supported it.

If someone says "you should take this", based on “[they] feel good about it. That’s all it is, just a feeling, you know, smart guy. [They] feel good about it.”, with no strong medical support, then rejecting the drug is the proper course of action.

The medical community can continue to perform tests, and if there later is support for the drug, then policies can change. But that doesn't alter the fact that rejecting the drug was the correct policy.

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Re:Yale Professor of Epidemiology claims HCQ "key to defeati... by ops_operator on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:50PM (#23979328)

Except that's not "all it is". Trump only said it should be taken based on research that had been done showing it may be effective, research which has been replicated in numerous studies in numerous countries.

Subsequent poorly designed studies got bad results precisely because they were poorly designed, yet they continue to influence attitudes on HCQ treatment.

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