Posted on 03/31/2020 12:31:00 PM PDT by nwrep
Judgement on Dr. Zelenko's Covid-19 treatment from Snopes:
Has Dr. Zelenko Successfully Treated 669 Coronavirus Patients?
A blog post asserting that people responded well to an experimental COVID-19 treatment is in no way an evidence-based contribution to science.
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko's 669 COVID-19 patients that were treated with a combination of hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, and zinc have seen zero hospitalizations, complications, or deaths.
As has been noted elsewhere, combining hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin can cause serious problems for people with certain heart conditions. Though zinc appears to be an important factor in several immune functions, a potential mechanism for how it might work against viral infections is not well-understood.
In an interview with Forward, Zelenko “acknowledged that his regimen was new and untested, and that it was too soon to assess its long-term effectiveness.” He instead argued that “the risks of waiting to verify its efficacy” were greater. This is an assertion with which public health officials largely disagree.
Regardless, making an assertion in a blog post or in a YouTube interview that neither describes the study design nor provides the actual data used to reach a conclusion about efficacy cannot, in any way, be critically evaluated. As such, this claim is rated “Unproven.”
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Snopes has long been discredited as a trustworthy fact checker. The main person over there is merely a Democrat party hack with zero credibility.
Not interesting and worth exploring, but proven.
Isn’t Snopes a ultra liberal husband and wife team?
“Isn’t Snopes a ultra liberal husband and wife team?”
Soros, IIRC.
“He instead argued that “the risks of waiting to verify its efficacy” were greater. This is an assertion with which public health officials largely disagree.”
The FDA completely agreed and gave it Energency Use Authorization.
I wonder if Snopes corrected their misinformation.
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