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jberryhill

(62,444 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:49 AM Mar 2020

More on Chloroquine/Azithromycin. And On Dr. Raoult

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/03/29/more-on-cloroquine-azithromycin-and-on-dr-raoult?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral

More on Chloroquine/Azithromycin. And On Dr. Raoult.

And we’re missing a very important aggregate number indeed: a control group. How would a comparable group of patients have performed in these RNA tests for contagiousness under another standard of care? Even with or without azithromycin, if you can’t stand the thought of not giving them hydroxychloroquine? We don’t know. Without matched controls, and without being able to look at individual patient data, we just don’t know how good this treatment was or frankly if it was any good at all. We may be seeing a notable effect size in what is still a small trial, or we may be seeing something that’s not that remarkable or the result of a poorly controlled protocol.

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More on Chloroquine/Azithromycin. And On Dr. Raoult (Original Post) jberryhill Mar 2020 OP

Just spitballin is way more effective. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #1

The problem is that this guy is actually making it difficult to know jberryhill Mar 2020 #2

Yeah I get it. A good rule if Trump is for something I'm against it. That serves me well. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #3

He likes to breathe jberryhill Mar 2020 #4

On recruiting duty we used to call this spaghetti day maxrandb Mar 2020 #5

Exactly! ...nt 2naSalit Mar 2020 #6

K&R for visibility. crickets Mar 2020 #7

K&R ismnotwasm Mar 2020 #8

gibraltar72

(7,506 posts)

1. Just spitballin is way more effective.

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:52 AM

Mar 2020

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. The problem is that this guy is actually making it difficult to know

Reply to gibraltar72 (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:54 AM

Mar 2020

His published results show a combination of (a) cherry picked data, and (b) no measurable effect.

If there is any therapeutic value, he's making it harder to determine.