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Astroturfing promoting hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 continues apace

A week and a half ago, a “study” published on “HCQ Trial” went viral. It claimed that countries that used #Hydroxychloroquine to treat #COVID19 had a 79% lower fatality rate than those who didn’t. It was horrible science.

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A mere two weeks ago, I characterized the antimalaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as the Black Knight of COVID-19 treatments. The reason is that evidence randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) can’t seem to kill the claims of advocates that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine is a highly effective treatment for COVID-19. One example I discussed was the Newsweekarticle by a Yale…

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