’ So treating the asymptomatic probably isn’t practical.’
Outright stupidity given Dr. Zelenko’s successes. The COVID-19 is working to replicate itself before symptoms show, and symptoms are likely result of lung damage, among other organs. When symptoms start, it may only be a matter of hours before the cytokine storm set up by the damaged lungs / organs sets off and kills the patient.
We’ll see. If the deaths come out to be 0,7% of all infected what your good doctor has done by treating 600 some patients may have prevented 3 or 4 deaths which is going to turn out to be “suggestive” but not statistically significant.
Raoult is dealing with 1200 patients who are all “serious” at best. A MUCH better population to derive a significant result from, and sounds like he has done the job. After reading his earlier paper carefully I can perfectly see how he probably has done just that. We can differ on treating the “asymptomatic” but world wide, what are we up to? Total cases approaching 800,000. Somehow I doubt there is enough Plaquenil in the world to treat every asymptomatic case.