[lex24]

A former FDA commissioner weighs in:

https://www.axios.com/hydroxychloroquine...ntent=1100

I would never say something "definitely" doesn't work just because I've been surprised before (though usually things go in the opposite direction; something I was "sure" would work doesn't).  But otherwise I agree with Gottlieb; the evidence points strongly to HCQ not working, based on the fact that the highest quality studies (large, randomized, placebo controlled studies with rigorous endpoints) consistently show the drug doesn't work.  That the medical evidence doesn't universally point in the same direction is par for the course in the medical literature, but I would focus on studies least likely to be affected by bias.

BC

Isn’t Gottlieb just saying it doesn’t work as a preventative measure?  I don’t think anyone disputes that. Is the Ford test more likely to be biased??

[lex24]

A former FDA commissioner weighs in:

https://www.axios.com/hydroxychloroquine...ntent=1100

I would never say something "definitely" doesn't work just because I've been surprised before (though usually things go in the opposite direction; something I was "sure" would work doesn't).  But otherwise I agree with Gottlieb; the evidence points strongly to HCQ not working, based on the fact that the highest quality studies (large, randomized, placebo controlled studies with rigorous endpoints) consistently show the drug doesn't work.  That the medical evidence doesn't universally point in the same direction is par for the course in the medical literature, but I would focus on studies least likely to be affected by bias.

BC

Isn’t Gottlieb just saying it doesn’t work as a preventative measure?  I don’t think anyone disputes that. Is the Ford test more likely to be biased??