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BC, the study NCT04261517 is the one reported on yesterday.  The other study of 150 patients, comparing HCQ versus Lopinavir/ritonavir, is in phase 2.

I'm surprised anyone with any credentials would jump on one small study (which seems flawed to me) and declare "nada" when there was another study of about the same size (and seemed flawed to me too) that seemed to have different results. 

To be clear, I didn't jump on one study as dispositive ...

BC, I apologize for not being clear.  I was NOT referring to you.

I was referring to the tweet by Laurie Garret who declared "nada".

Here it is: The only controlled trial using #Chloroquine to treat #COVID19 - from China - finds zero benefit compared to placebo. Zip, nada. In other words, @realDonaldTrump --it does NOT work.

I started composing my post when that tweet was in the latest post (none of the miracle cure posts were made at that time).  By the time I finished it, other posts had intervened and the reference to "nada" was not sufficient.  I am going to edit that post to name her.

I agree that a single miracle cure is but a single datum.

[M T]

BC, the study NCT04261517 is the one reported on yesterday.  The other study of 150 patients, comparing HCQ versus Lopinavir/ritonavir, is in phase 2.

I'm surprised anyone with any credentials would jump on one small study (which seems flawed to me) and declare "nada" when there was another study of about the same size (and seemed flawed to me too) that seemed to have different results. 

To be clear, I didn't jump on one study as dispositive ...

BC, I apologize for not being clear.  I was NOT referring to you.

I was referring to the tweet by Laurie Garret who declared "nada".

Here it is: The only controlled trial using #Chloroquine to treat #COVID19 - from China - finds zero benefit compared to placebo. Zip, nada. In other words, @realDonaldTrump --it does NOT work.

I started composing my post when that tweet was in the latest post (none of the miracle cure posts were made at that time).  By the time I finished it, other posts had intervened and the reference to "nada" was not sufficient.  I am going to edit that post to name her.

I agree that a single miracle cure is but a single datum.