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Very promising if the research can be replicated:
But how effective is the drug? This week, researcher Didier Raoult from Aix-Marseille University in France, one of the main proponents for using hydroxychloroquine to treat infection with the novel coronavirus—known as SARS-CoV-2—released encouraging results of a preliminary trial involving a total of 36 COVID-19 patients.
According to a draft paper—which has not yet been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal—six of these patients were asymptomatic, 22 had upper respiratory tract infection symptoms and eight had lower respiratory tract infection symptoms.
Between early and mid-March, Raoult and his team treated 20 of these patients with 600 milligrams of hydroxychloroquine daily in a hospital setting. Depending on their symptoms, an antibiotic known as azithromycin was also added to the treatments. This antibiotic is known to be effective against complications from bacterial lung disease. The 16 remaining patients were not given the drug as a control.
In the study, the scientists observed a "significant" reduction in viral load in the patients treated with hydroxychloroquine, and that the effect was reinforced by azithromycin, Medscape reported.
In fact, after six days, 70 percent of the treated patients were considered cured, meaning that the virus was no longer detected in samples taken from them, compared to 12.5 percent of the control group patients. Furthermore, all six patients who were treated with both hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin tested negative for the virus after six days.
While encouraging, it is important to note that this is an unpublished preliminary study, so the results should be viewed with caution. The sample size is small, and the study was non-randomized, meaning people were allocated to different interventions using non-random methods. The study was also "unblinded," meaning that all parties—i.e. the medical staff, patients and researchers—were aware of the treatments the participants received.
Donald Trump Says Malaria Drug for Coronavirus Has Been Approved by FDA
But how effective is the drug? This week, researcher Didier Raoult from Aix-Marseille University in France, one of the main proponents for using hydroxychloroquine to treat infection with the novel coronavirus—known as SARS-CoV-2—released encouraging results of a preliminary trial involving a total of 36 COVID-19 patients.
According to a draft paper—which has not yet been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal—six of these patients were asymptomatic, 22 had upper respiratory tract infection symptoms and eight had lower respiratory tract infection symptoms.
Between early and mid-March, Raoult and his team treated 20 of these patients with 600 milligrams of hydroxychloroquine daily in a hospital setting. Depending on their symptoms, an antibiotic known as azithromycin was also added to the treatments. This antibiotic is known to be effective against complications from bacterial lung disease. The 16 remaining patients were not given the drug as a control.
In the study, the scientists observed a "significant" reduction in viral load in the patients treated with hydroxychloroquine, and that the effect was reinforced by azithromycin, Medscape reported.
In fact, after six days, 70 percent of the treated patients were considered cured, meaning that the virus was no longer detected in samples taken from them, compared to 12.5 percent of the control group patients. Furthermore, all six patients who were treated with both hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin tested negative for the virus after six days.
While encouraging, it is important to note that this is an unpublished preliminary study, so the results should be viewed with caution. The sample size is small, and the study was non-randomized, meaning people were allocated to different interventions using non-random methods. The study was also "unblinded," meaning that all parties—i.e. the medical staff, patients and researchers—were aware of the treatments the participants received.
Donald Trump Says Malaria Drug for Coronavirus Has Been Approved by FDA
oldngray
nowhere special
That drug sounds promising but I take the French researcher's claims with a grain of salt. Doesn't seem to be any down side to trying his treatment so go ahead with them.
The World May Be Ending: Ilhan Omar Praises President Trump’s ‘Incredible and Right Response’ In Virus Fight
Omar said on Wednesday night that Trump’s response to the pandemic was “incredible and the right response in this critical time.”
Omar, normally a staunch critic of the White House who herself has repeatedly drawn the president’s ire, went on to quote Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., as saying “unprecedented times require unprecedented leadership” — and, Omar added, “we are seeing that in our country right now.”
Omar said on Wednesday night that Trump’s response to the pandemic was “incredible and the right response in this critical time.”
Omar, normally a staunch critic of the White House who herself has repeatedly drawn the president’s ire, went on to quote Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., as saying “unprecedented times require unprecedented leadership” — and, Omar added, “we are seeing that in our country right now.”
Jumpin Jack Flash
Troll
40% of all infected are 20-54. It’s going to spread like wildfire at UPS. Both union and UPS with no plan.
brownmonster
Man of Great Wisdom
"It could have a very positive effect, or a positive effect, maybe not very, but maybe positive," Trump said. "It’s very, very exciting". And Joe is a mumbling fool.
MrFedEx
Engorged Member
Wait a minute. Science isn't real. Why are you advocating for "science" now?
El Correcto
god is dead
Okay good, everyone get back to work. I’m sick of California shutting down the economy to beg for money from the union.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Without California and NYC the rest of the country would be third world.
oldngray
nowhere special
Fred's Myth
Nonhyphenated American
So that's where your false sense of superiority originates.
Humility will eventually locate you .
To your detriment.
El Correcto
god is dead
For now, but the writing is on the wall for both of those states.
Up In Smoke
Well-Known Member
"Crimson Contagion" August 2019, has anyone read this article.
MAKAVELI
Well-Known Member
Both Cali and NYC have seen their fair share of disasters and we still here. We just get stronger.
UPSER1987
Well-Known Member
They can blame this on the idiot president trump who declared this a hoax. This is bigger than UPS....got to get this uneducated idiot out of office before he compromises all of us.
Not only is California taxing too much, importing 3rd world poverty by being a sanctuary State, promoting death on the streets with not fixing the homeless problem, but they're also running jobs out of California by promoting assembly bill 5 introduced by leftist assembly nut, Lorena Gonzalez with the full support of Governor Hair jell, Gavin Newsome.
Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Blatantly Lies in Saying that AB 5 has not Caused Job Loss
Mary Konstantinidou is, or was, a Greek translator in San Diego and an independent contractor. She voted for Assemblywoman Gonzalez, but now AB 5 has made her job impossible. In response to Konstantinidou’s criticism, Gonzalez responded, “I’m sorry and I feel that she does feel that way. But I don’t think it is true.” Whether or not Gonzalez ‘feels’ that the critique is true is irrelevant, when faced with evidence that her bill is hurting her constituents she turns her back on them.
AB 5 is already hurting California’s economy, and Gonzalez is simply ignoring the facts because they do not suit her narrative. Only the largest corporations like Uber might be able to survive and stay profitable while transitioning all of their independent contractors to employees. Smaller companies that contract out work like yard work or delivery services will be forced to cut ties with their contractors because they cannot afford to pay benefits to their new employees.
The California Trucking Association made a statement that AB 5 will cause the loss of roughly 70,000 trucking jobs in California. Some California truckers are already packing up their families and moving out of state to find new work. Freelance journalists are actually suing the state of California over AB 5 because as employees, their work would belong to their employers and they would no longer have control over the pieces that they write.
Common sense is lacking in California politics.
Indecisi0n
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Renaming thread to Chinese Virus and infractioning everyone here participating.
Indecisi0n
Well-Known Member
Renaming thread to Chinese Virus and infractioning everyone here participating.
Wonder if you can get banned from Twitter for deadnaming the virus the same way you can for deadnaming a transsexual. Seriously.
