Interesting. My takeaway: Sounds like it might work but the data presented is too random to support that claim.
As usual reading the replies broadens understanding:
Ok if that didn't go over my head: its the body's over-reaction that is causing stress and death. So treatment has now shifted to suppressing the immune system which is improving outcomes.
Other replies to the article say friends who work for Raoult, report such a severe authoritarian atmosphere that often real research is overwhelmed by Raoult's preconceived opinions.
Conclusion - The author of this critique is unable to come to a conclusion on the validity of Raoult's Youtube show.
Another observation by me: I thought that Slate photo of a doctor showed the guy who declared Trump positive on all his tests. Before I read that the photo is Raoult.
The interesting part is in the comments section. A lot of ideas and personalities showing!
Why are not all the folks taking the drug (hydroxychloroquine) for Lupus followed to determine if they come down with the virus and if so how different then others without?
The drug has been around for a long time. Here's some history of its use.
The Nine Lives of Hydroxychloroquine | RheumNow - Rheumatology News & Information
There are many thing done in our society that are not approved by medical doctors who only go by what they are taught in school. Examples, how often do most diabetics change their lancets? Do they always clean the injection site with alcohol prior to injection? Do diabetics reuse syringes, reservoirs, tubing?
Here is a comment by one of the folks in the thread California posted. It sure makes sense to me. "Jim Andrews says:
30 March, 2020 at 11:54 am
As a surgeon and physician, in view of no other drugs have shown any effect, while Hydroxychloroquine and AZT has shown in vitro and in vivo results, I don't know any doctor wouldn't try it on severely symptomatic patients! Criticism of no large controlled trial has some merit but not when tens of thousands are dying with conventional supportive treatment, the patients has to be given an option of using the HCQ and AZT as last ditch resort. Having been a principal investigator for over 250 clinical trials I am not sure if a randomized control trial is ethical here! I believe patients who were not treated with such combinations in other hospitals should be used as control! To hear doctors that are critical of using HCQ AZT off label, they are either academic idiots who are not actively treating patients, or they suffer from ｡t's not a good idea because it's龍 not my idea syndrome".
