Experts pour doubt on hydroxychloroquine study that saw WHO ban use for Covid-19
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 5 months ago
Published last week in The Lancet, the large-scale study suggested the malaria drugs could be dangerous to people with severe cases of Covid-19, increasing the risk of abnormal heart rhythms and even death.
Now, scientists across the world are asking the research team, led by Harvard professor Dr Mandeep Mehra, to release its data for further analysis and independent academic review.
In an open letter, they’ve asked the journal to provide details about the massive hospital database – consisting of 96,000 Covid-19 patients across six continents – which was the basis for the observational study.
So far the authors have declined to release their underlying data, which scientists worry carries several inconsistencies.
Among them are concerns the average daily doses of hydroxychloroquine, which is cheap and easy to administer, used were higher than the recommended amounts – and that data from Australian patients does not match data from the Australian government.
Just like trials done without the administration of Zinc along with Hydroxychloroquine, or the administration of the drug too late to do any real good.
After having done this for a lifetime, I can confidently say the following. When an analyst refuses to release the data or math models for independent review and verification, he’s lying.
Period. End of discussion.
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On May 31, 2020 at 5:01 pm, Ned2 said:
“When an analyst refuses to release the data or math models for independent review and verification, he’s lying.”
When a Government analyst does same, not only are they lying, but the opposite of what they do say is probably true.