Hydroxychloroquine lowers COVID-19 death rate, study finds
DETROIT — A Henry Ford Health System study shows the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helps lower the death rate of COVID-19 patients, the Detroit-based health system said Thursday.
Officials with the Michigan health system said the study found the drug “significantly” decreased the death rate of patients involved in the analysis.
The study analyzed 2,541 patients hospitalized among the system’s six hospitals between March 10 and May 2 and found 13% of those treated with hydroxychloroquine died while 26% of those who did not receive the drug died.Among all the patients in the study, there wa…
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many have to negate/ trash any of its successes. The constant negativity and politicization of everything is literally wearing us out.
bother reading the article or not?
on positive as well as negative results with this drug. We see again, there is money to be made, as funds are distributed to companies for a “fast- fix,” and this one just sounds fairly cheap, and it is true that when Trump thought it might be helpful, the vultures swooped in to clobber him, yet again.. Watch those from the CDC and some of these “experts” going forward, as to who gets both more famous and richer, as well.. the “masks-don’t help” vs. “we’ll fine you if you don’t wear a mask now,” has become suspect, too.. sorry, personally don’t trust most of them, these days.