Posted on 04/04/2020 5:56:32 AM PDT by LisaFab
A New York doctor hopes to help his elderly COVID-19 patients with a treatment plan inspired by the success tentatively being reported with hydroxychloroquine — and which he says shows promising results.
Dr. Mohammud Alam, an infectious disease specialist affiliated with Plainview Hospital, said 81 percent of infected covid patients he treated at three Long Island nursing homes recovered from the contagion.
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Thanks for posting!!!
And what percent of those he didn’t treat recovered? How did he choose the treatment group? Were they significantly different from the night. treatment group?
Seems to me this is all we need.
I will ask my Doc for a prescription when he opens on Monday.
from the non treatment group
Dr. Mohammud Alam?
Not all Mohammads are bad.
Perhaps this doctor has helped save lives.
Interesting, I’ve wondered about other antibiotics working.
But now he has the incredible urge to cut their heads off!
He used Doxy?!
Delighted it may work, but if you thought you felt cr@ppy before...
They forgot the ZINC! Fools!
After traveling the mid-east for a little over 5-yrs, Muslims lie. Muslims never accept criticism and never admit failure. Failure is because some one else caused it. Their fragile ego won’t allow for any hint they failed.
All that to say, I do NOT trust what any Muslim says.
There was no control group in the study so Alam acknowledged more studies are needed to evaluate his protocol’s effectiveness.
The phrase "NO Control Group" means that no one was 'sacrificed by using a placebo' so that their deaths would count as part of the 'control group'.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE A PART OF THE CONTROL GROUP, I.E. GUINEA PIGS THAT WILL DIE.
IF GIVEN A CHOICE WHO WOULD TAKE A SUGAR PILL?
The article clearly says that there was no control group.
the control group does not have to be non treated patients although there are some that would refuse treatment or not qualify for some other reason. the control groups could be different treatment or doses. Ultimately randomized studies are important for bandwagon is not always correct even when rolling along at high speed. Look up a drug called xigris for a recent example. That one was going to end sepsis deaths. Turned out we were killing people faster with if.
That is the point
Good for you.
Precisely correct. In a pandemic, you cannot ethically form a control group. Case history and careful control of the other measures you use are sufficient. For example, start your treatment with the recommended protocol - don’t start with something else and then switch (unless the patient’s life is in danger).
When you do that you imply that the doctor and the author of the article neglected to tell us.
These are questions that are important to ask every time a breathless miracle cure is reported on the internet or in the media. The answer in the form of a question is a valid way of making a point.
OK,this is about the 9455th “anecdotal” reported successful use of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloriquine in treating the China Virus.
ATTENTION!! ALL PEARL CLUTCHER’S TO THE FORE!!
ALL TOGETHER NOW,”THIS PROVES NOTHING! WE NEED 2 YEAR TRIPLE BLIND STUDIES USING 5000 SUBJECTS NOT INCLUDING WHITE MICE, RATS AND AT LEAST 200 MUSLIMS BEFORE WE CAN TENTATIVELY SAY THESE DRUGS “MAY” BE USEFUL.
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