Since cultists are still required to believe in the magic power of hydroxychloroquine:
No, it is completely ineffective against Covid-19.
For the statistically unsophisticated, I'll give you the actual results and then the authors' explanation:
The report provides rate ratios for death over a 28-day period for each regimen as compared with standard care: remdesivir, 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.81 to 1.11); hydroxychloroquine, 1.19 (95% CI, 0.89 to 1.59); lopinavir, 1.00 (95% CI, 0.79 to 1.25); and interferon beta-1a, 1.16 (95% CI, 0.96 to 1.39).
The data show no evidence of a meaningful benefit on in-hospital mortality for hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir, or interferon beta-1a when averaged across a wide range of settings, either overall or in important subgroups (Figs. S6 through S9 in the Supplementary Appendix of the article, available at NEJM.org). Viewed collectively with previous studies, the Solidarity trial sends the clear message that these drugs as currently used should no longer be considered viable treatment options for Covid-19.
However, this represents an incredible waste of resources. The trial involved 11,330 patients at 405 hospitals in 30 countries. At a time when the world faced the worst public health crisis in more than 100 years (excluding the human-caused effects of the world wars), and effective treatments and preventive measures were urgently needed, vast sums of money and investigator effort were diverted into this boondoggle because one narcissistic idiot insisted on spewing a falsehood.
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Let us recall that the narcissistic idiot who touted hydroxychloroquine was out of the hospital after being diagnosed with Covid-19 in less than a week, and his idiotic, treacherous, harpy family was also out soon enough. I'm quite certain they didn't get "better" quickly because of hydroxychloroquine. I'm sure that whatever they got--monoclonal antibody treatments, steroids, whatever--were things that are not available to the rest of us non-shits, and were administered to them by a fleet of doctors, also not available to the rest of us. Treatments are becoming available--see, for instance
https://www.timesofisrael.com/feeling-better-in-2-hours-covid-drug-for-critically-ill-starts-phase-3-trials/
But for now most of us are waiting, praying, hoping. And as with GW Bush when I was younger, we fly these detestable morons around the world and treat them like kings when they're really execrable pieces of shit. I guess we do get the leaders we vote for, or in GW Bush's case, the ones we didn't vote for.
Meanwhile, senate Republicans get ready to look the other way when Shitler pulls out a gun on Fifth Avenue and shoots millions of Americans. Because they've lost their souls.
I'm afraid that Israeli study is pretty tenuous. The treatment is intended to ameliorate cytokine storms, not cure. There's no control group so there's no way of knowing whether the people would have left the hospital later without the treatment. The whole point is not to get overexcited about Phase One trials, they often lead to disappointment.
Agreed. For anyone who doubts Covid's effect, see:
1) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30876312/minnesota-timberwolves-karl-anthony-towns-cleared-play-vs-la-clippers
It's like with polio in the 1950s: something like one in 200 cases resulted in paralysis. Other people supposedly never felt symptoms, or felt like they had a cold or flu for a few days. There's no telling what symptoms one will or won't have, and genetics and comorbidity play a part.
See also:
2) https://www.israel21c.org/has-israel-just-found-the-cure-for-covid/
And in a related matter, I wonder why senators aren't bringing in witnesses from the Jan. 6 riot/assault on the Capitol to testify that they did, in fact, come and fight because of Shitler's prodding. That would be a pretty powerful indictment of the man who in many ways is ultimately responsible for the deep shit we're in with Covid-19.
He must be prevented from influencing our country any further. But we must also sue, prosecute, and disarm the propaganda machines:
3) https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/10/shameful-fox-news-cuts-away-senate-trial-shocking-footage-emerges
Shitler is a fascist. We must not allow fascists to take over the U.S. and convert it into an authoritarian killing regime. Racism must end.
Finally, in another related matter:
4) https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/11/medicare-all-only-way-forward-concludes-lancet-panel-study-detailing-death-and
Again, I have to warn people, the headline suggesting that the Israeli study has found a "cure" for Covid is completely wrong. The investigators themselves do not even claim that it is a cure, only that it may ameliorate some symptoms.
Yes, I'm not intending to trade one or two false "treatements" or "cures" for another. Merely showing what's being worked on; I personally hope we eventually come up with a universal flu vaccine and a universal coronavirus vaccine.
What I actually REALLY hope is that we stop fucking with Mother Nature, and find a way to produce the energy we need with zero emissions, so that we can remain extant as a species and restore ecological balance to Earth. I'm simultaneously pessimistic and hopeful. There are so many greed shitheads mucking up the efforts of those who want to be part of the solution.
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