In the hundreds of HCQ studies out there, eyeballing it about 2/3 of them show some sort of positive result [0]. Early treatment with the dosage on the lower end of the tested spectrum has 100% positive results [1].

It was odd a week ago to see some of the media suddenly decide to report on one of these [2], like the "HCQ Bad!" blinders had finally been removed.

[0] https://c19hcq.com/

[1] https://hcqmeta.com/

[2] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9671029/Hydroxychlo...

HCQ needs to be good enough to overcome the heart risk though.

Both the articles you cite mainly complain about lack of data, but they both predate the study posted here. The NY Times is 3 months old. This study may or may not be good, but neither article address that question.

The social media bans were over people making completely unjustified pronouncements about it's value. Same as the guys claiming HCQ was extremely effective when the data was completely inconclusive. Anyone saying we should widely deploy Ivermectin is spreading dangerous disinformation. Actually relevant and accurate information is being shared and published freely.

As per the latest meta study of June 6, for over on whole year, 549 authors in 60 conclusive studies published on medRxiv, Nature, Wiley (basically the usual medical research forums) during the last year => free and shared, as you asked.

Malone, Weinstein, Kory and al. were banned for two videos made one and two weeks ago talking among other this of this meta study.

That's hardly spreading disinformation, or am I wrong somehow ?

Several point of comparison :

Improvements with Ivermetcin were 76% for early treatment, 46% for late treatments, 85% for Prophylaxis for a 70% average over almost 19K patients. Ivermetcin was forbiden for Covid use in several western countries, and it's distribution forbidden to retail pharmacists (Switzerland is one).

Budesonide and Remdesivir were authorized with respectively averages of 17% and 31% improvement only over 3.5K patients, and it's use promoted everywhere as the miracle drug.

Dr. Raoult's initial HCQ announcement in early February was for 22 cases - very anecdotal and ridiculously insufficient. Later on, by the end of 2020 the hospital he's directing covering the southern third of France had treated 40K+ cases, with broadly similar results. We still hear the same "HCQ was debunked", somehow, and HCQ is still forbiden for Covid use in several countries.