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Thursday, July 23, 2020

Yale Epidemiologist: Hydroxychloroquine Could Save 100,000 Lives If Widely Deployed

Yale epidemiology professor Dr. Harvey Risch told Fox News's "Ingraham Angle" that he thinks hydroxychloroquine could save 75,000 to 100,000 lives if widely used to treat COVID-19, and that it's unfortunate that a "propaganda war" has been waged on the commonly prescribed drug which is not based on "medical facts."

"There are many doctors that I’ve gotten hostile remarks about saying that all the evidence is bad for it and, in fact, that is not true at all," Risch said on Monday, adding that he believes the drug should be used as a prophylactic for front-line healthcare workers, as has been done in India.

Researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan have found that early administration of hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die.

The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, determined that hydroxychloroquine provided a "66 percent hazard ratio reduction," and hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin a 71 percent reduction, compared with neither treatment.

In-hospital mortality was 18.1 percent overall; 13.5 percent with just hydroxychloroquine, 22.4 percent with azithromycin alone, and 26.4 percent with neither drug. "Prospective trials are needed" for further review, the researchers note, even as they concluded: "In this multi-hospital assessment, when controlling for COVID-19 risk factors, treatment with hydroxychloroquine alone and in combination with azithromycin was associated with reduction in COVID-19 associated mortality." -Fox News

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile while democrats had a emergency hearing in congress saying it was the most dangerous drug ever to be used and MSM ordered All DOCTORS stop using it. And they listened.

Anonymous said...

Well just imagine that. Our White President was critized so badly for taking it and saying the same damn thing.

Anonymous said...

Balsonaro has been on it and has had COVID for weeks.

Anonymous said...

I wonder how much he invested.

Anonymous said...

Dr. Bombay (Bewitched) said some honey bourbon would also do the trick.

Now how did he know back in the 60's the Jim Beam would produce a honey bourbon in the 21st century?

Hmmmmmmm....

Anonymous said...

Mary Poppins (for you snowflakes, the original with Julie Andrews) said a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.

(snicker snicker)

Anonymous said...

Dr. Vinny BoomBatz prescribed Rodney Dangerfield sleeping pills and told him to take them whenever he wakes up!!!!

RIMSHOT!!!!!

Anonymous said...

As with all medications it's risk vs. reward. It was a mistake taking it out of use when the risks were evidently low in patients without a handful of underlying risk factors. Hundreds of drugs are used off-label every minute of every day.

Anonymous said...

Gee. Tell us something we don't know??

Cracker said...

Bottom line - The deep state does not want this flu like disease to be cured. They have found a way to keep the sheep in the pen. No one can dispute these facts.