TyroneIrish: "I'm losing track of how many times I've posted that quote from an Infectious Disease Specialist...you can display your exasperation as much as you'd like, but the it doesn't change the facts. The people who have reached that conclusion do this for a living...they have absolutely NO reason to 'blacklist' any drug that will work...the same protocols for testing and approval that have been in use for decades were applied to HCQ...it doesn't work."
I have Dr. Harvey Risch's research paper in my possession. Here's his summation of why TyroneIrish and the medical community are wrong. 1) There were RCTs of hydroxychloroquine/zinc/azithromycin performed on already-hospitalized patients. Results: Ineffective. 2) RCTs of h/z/a performed early on people with average age around 40. Results: No significant statistical difference in death rates. 3) RCTs of hydroxychloroquine used early without the other two drugs. Result: Ineffective.
So these are the basis for Fauci, the CDC and the FDA saying it doesn't work. Seems reasonable, right? However, as Dr. Risch points out, h/z/a must be given early to VULNERABLE patients, and NO RCTs WERE EVER PERFORMED using this scenario. None. Not a one. But, you may ask, what about #2 above? Dr. Risch points out there were no statistical differences in death rates because the relative youth of the participants meant that hardly any who used the placebo died.
But - and this is the part Fauci, the CDC and the FDA ignore - is that there is ample observational data from numerous studies showing h/z/a, when given early to VULNERABLE populations, results in approximately an 80% reduction in both hospitalizations and deaths. And why are Fauci, the CDC and the FDA ignoring these data? Because the Great Faucino, as Dr. Risch points out, has a personal medical philosophy of only accepting data from RCTs, despite the fact his own NIH website specifically states, "However, classical RCTs have substantial limitations, most notably a lack of generalizability, which limit their direct applicability to clinical practice implementation. Pragmatic and observational studies can provide an invaluable perspective into real-world applicability...Nevertheless, the privileged place of the classical RCT, even if well designed, has come into question, especially in recent years. Such studies may be just too far removed from the realities of clinical practice to be able to reliably inform it."
The fact is the medical community has botched this, big time, because of the outsized influence of Fauci. He is guilty of the greatest case of medical malpractice in this country's history...in addition to being a known and admitted liar. Had Dr. Risch been head of the NIH this whole time, we would have less than half the deaths we currently have.