Jeff Boris
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"WHY IS THE DEATH RATE ABOUT 75% LOWER IN MANY COUNTRIES?" asked Dr. Jane Orient, executive director of the Association of American Physicians.
The reference to a country-based analysis updated Sept. 20 that shows a gap between countries that treat COVID-19 early or prophylactically with hydroxychloroquine and those that, like the US, discourage or prohibit its use.
Some of the key lessons:
Flawed and even falsified studies were published and promoted by media outlets eager to discredit Trump, while positive studies were impugned or ignored.
HCQ is commonly prescribed for at least 25 indications in addition to malaria.
The drug's prolongation of the QT interval is in the mid-range of 30 commonly used drugs.
Hundreds of drugs have been approved without randomized controlled trials, including the tetanus vaccine, insulin, tetracycline, warfarin, heparin, prednisone, Keflex and high-dose penicillin for neurosyphilis.
Only 8.5% of the American Heart Association's guidelines are supported by randomized controlled trials.
COVID-19 is a treatable condition, not a killer virus.