Infectious disease expert slams NIH funded study that panned Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment: 'It's a sham'

Fox News ^ | 04/28/2020 | Victor Garcia

[SeekAndFind]

Infectious disease expert Dr. Stephen Smith told "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night that a study published last week indicating the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine showed no benefit for coronavirus patients in U.S. veterans hospitals was a "sham."

"I've no idea why [University of Virginia School of Medicine opthamology professor Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati] delved into this study, which isn't a study. It's a sham," Smith said. "I can't believe anyone took this seriously. There's not one dosage listed, cumulative or daily, of hydroxychloriquine or anthromicin. And people call this a study."

The research, which was published in the medRxiv online depository and has not been peer-reviewed, analyzed the medical records of 368 male veterans hospitalized with confirmed coronavirus infection at Veterans Health Administration medical centers who died or were discharged by April 11.

About 28 percent of patients who were given hydroxychloroquine plus usual care died versus 11 percent of those getting routine care alone. About 22 percent of those getting the drug plus azithromycin died too, but the difference between that group and usual care was not considered large enough to rule out other factors that could have affected survival.

"Not one person in that paper saw one COVID patient. Only three are MDs [and] all [those] are ophthalmology trained," Smith said of the research. "It's a sham. It's a shame on UVA. I sent an email to the dean of the medical school at UVA. I have not heard back from them. It is an embarrassment that UVA allows this thing to be called a study."

[Texas Fossil]

“hydroxychloroquine” works.

It does not cure the virus, but it allows zinc to enter through the ACE2 receptors and the antibiotic kills secondary infections.

The rest is BS!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you. Bookmarked!

[Fido969]

Can someone look up Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati’s political contributions?

[Robert A Cook PE]

Thank you. Bookmarked! Another nail in the ABCNNBCBS coffin of lies, mis-truths and exaggerations.

[Texas Eagle]

Not enough side effects.

[jcon40]

All that matters to Leftist is to continue the Carpet bombing of anything Trump.

Truth isn’t needed.

[SeekAndFind]

For those who want to ask about Dr. Stephen Smith’s credentials, here it is:

https://health.usnews.com/doctors/stephen-smith-7374

Dr. Stephen Smith is an infectious disease specialist in Roseland, New Jersey and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area. He has been in practice for more than 20 years. He deals with a broad array of diseases caused by germs, ranging from flu to hospital acquired infections to pneumonia.

Education & Experience

Medical School & Residency

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Fellowship , Infectious Disease

University of Virginia

Residency , Internal Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine

Medical School

Certifications & Licensure
American Board of Internal Medicine

Certified in Infectious Disease

SC State Medical License

Active through 2017

NJ State Medical License

Active through 2021

Publications:

* The genome of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi and its implications for cell type evolution.
Ryan, J. F.,Pang, K.,Schnitzler, C. E.,Nguyen, A. D.,Moreland, R. T.,Simmons, D. K.,Koch, B. J.,Francis, W. R.,Havlak, P.,Smith, S. A.,Putnam, N. H.,Haddock, S. H.,Dunn, C. W.,Wolfsberg, T. G.,Mullikin, J. C.,Martindale, M. Q.,Baxevanis, A. D.

* Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools.

Smith, S. A.,Wilson, N. G.,Goetz, F. E.,Feehery, C.,Andrade, S. C.,Rouse, G. W.,Giribet, G.,Dunn, C. W.

* Sociodemographic and psychopathologic predictors of first incidence of DSM-IV substance use, mood and anxiety disorders: results from the Wave 2 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
Grant, B. F.,Goldstein, R. B.,Chou, S. P.,Huang, B.,Stinson, F. S.,Dawson, D. A.,Saha, T. D.,Smith, S. M.,Pulay, A. J.,Pickering, R. P.,Ruan, W. J.,Compton, W. M.

* Isolation of a new HIV-2 group in the US.
Smith, S. M., Christian, D., de Lame, V., Shah, U., Austin, L., Gautam, R., Gautam, A., Apetrei, C., Marx, P. A.

* The pathogenesis of HIV infection: stupid may not be so dumb after all.
Smith, S. M.
Pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV: it is time.
Smith, S. M.
HIV CTL escape: at what cost?
Smith, S. M.

* HIV vaccine development in the nonhuman primate model of AIDS.
Smith, S. M.

* Estrogen protects against vaginal transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus.
Smith, S. M., Baskin, G. B., Marx, P. A.

* Retrospective analysis of viral load and SIV antibody responses in rhesus macaques infected with pathogenic SIV: predictive value for disease progression.
Smith, S. M., Holland, B., Russo, C., Dailey, P. J., Marx, P. A., Connor, R. I.

[Texas Eagle]

If there is nay side effects, there is nay lawsuits.

Am I the only who has noticed that all these TV ads for various pharmaceuticals are basically 10 seconds of what symptoms they're supposed to mask and 50 seconds of side effects?

And all those drugs were approved by, wait for iiiiiiiiiit....THE FDA!

The FDA is a makework program for lawyers.

[Steve_Seattle]

It was instructive how the media dropped their usual caveats about the study's "small sample," lack of rigorous controls, lack of peer-review, and its "anecdotal" nature in this case.

This sloppy "study" failed to satisfy even the minimal requirements of a small-scale study, ignored the HCQ protocols that have been recommended by other researchers and clinicians, yet was immediately trumpeted as conclusive proof of the ineffectiveness of HCQ in treating the CV, even though it contradicted many other studies using larger sample populations.

Not only that, but you could actually see the sense of glee and triumph in the reporters as they reported this purportedly bad news - "It's better that people die than that Trump be right."

[chiller]

One of the most despicable scams ever. Political advantage over Trump at the cost of a few thousand deaths.

There are no words.....

[yoe]

opthamology professor Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati] - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of WHO, related?

Hydroxychloroquine has been politically weaponized...IT WORKS!

[Bob434]

[[Smith said. “I can’t believe anyone took this seriously.]]

Believe it- the media ran with it and turned it into the “New Truth”- that’ what the left does- takes lies and makes them the New Truth

[WildHighlander57]

Many thanks for posting; good on Ingraham to have the Dr on the show!

[Hostage]

He’s eminently qualified and his assessment that the study was a sham is spot on.

[Engedi]

I saw this last nite on Ingram. The Dr said what the VA did was take the worst cases and do the study and said you have to do Hydrox with cases that are not at critical stage. Also said they didn’t do the study right, like other studies are done.

If you try Hydroxy, Zinc Zithro on a patient that is critical and near being placed on Vent, it won’t work.

[Revel]

The democrats have many “Cells” that click into action upon request. The fact that they want people to die from this virus is no surprise to me. This virus is way better for them than any October surprise. The democrats are the sole benefactors.

[lgjhn23]

“...The democrats are the sole benefactors....”

They’re “sole benefactors” alright... Zinc works for us. Lead works for them.

[Devils_Tower]

The Harvard/FDA/Big Pharma standard protocol...

Announce a bull s hit paper to be published on New England Medical Journal.

Media around the world reports it as news.

FDA acts

Big pharma makes a billion.....

From the WWHSN ... world wide harvard spin network

A tax exempt brokerage disguised as a university

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks RACPE.