According to this page, https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/covid-19/, Dr. Raoult has treated 3295 patients with HCQ + azithromycin. Among patients who have taken the drug combo for over three days, there have been 17 deaths.
According to this page, https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/covid-19/, Dr. Raoult has treated 3295 patients with HCQ + azithromycin. Among patients who have taken the drug combo for over three days, there have been 17 deaths.
The story of the HCQ treatment during this pandemic is one of the most irrational things that I have seen. Are all of the doctors who have seen incredible success with it lying? What would be their motive? What would they have to gain? There are thousands of success stories with the HCQ treatment. Entire nations are now using it.... are their doctors idiots or do they know less than journalists?
It is dumbfounding to me how this story has been covered. A treatment for the disease with a high success rate (nothing is perfect) would be the best news possible. I guess that is the answer....
On top of that, we have a full court press by a large pharmaceutical company for their new drug. I hope and pray it works! That would be good news, but the promotion of one seems to involve the denigrating of the other.
I have a background in biology/chemistry. I don’t claim any expertise and don’t use my degree in my current occupation, but I can think critically and evaluate information on my own. I have told my family if they get sick with this to demand the HCQ treatment immediately. Document the response. If they are refused ask for a second opinion immediately. Seek a third if necessary.
I hope ALL of these drugs work as a treatment. I definitely do not trust the media. In fact, if the NYT badmouths something than I am all for it and I am on solid ground given the quality of their reporting the last 3 years.
Apparently also a conflict between some doctors/scientists in Paris and the Prof Raoult's group in Marseille. The diagram above indicates that for whatever reason the fatality rate has been much lower in Marseille. (Paris 2.14 million inhabitants - fatality rate ≈ 770/million, Marseille 0.861 million inhabitants ≈ fatality rate ≈ 170/million)
The HCQ + AZ cure may well be a large part of the difference. As reported on the IHU webpage a total of 4859 patients have tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 152 fatalities. However, 3295 patients have been treated with HCQ/AZ and among those only 17 fatalities.
No one is so blind as those who don't want to see!