"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

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Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch defends hydroxychloroquine in Newsweek—badly

Post author By Orac
Post date July 24, 2020
216 Comments on Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch defends hydroxychloroquine in Newsweek—badly

Yale epidemiology professor Harvey Risch published an embarrassingly bad op-ed in Newsweek defending hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. It reminded me how much acupuncture and hydroxychloroquine believers have in common.

Tags azithromycin, chloroquine, clinical trials, coronavirus, COVID-19, Didier Raoult, Harvey Risch, hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2, Vladimir Zelenko, zinc

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Drs. Vladimir Zelenko and Stephen Smith: Abandoning evidence-based medicine to promote unproven drugs for COVID-19

Post author By Orac
Post date April 3, 2020
113 Comments on Drs. Vladimir Zelenko and Stephen Smith: Abandoning evidence-based medicine to promote unproven drugs for COVID-19

Drs. Vladimir Zelenko and Stephen Smith have been claiming that hydroxychloroquine is a miracle drug based on anecdotes. Their shoddy, poorly reported case series are not evidence of efficacy.

Tags azithromycin, chloroquine, clinical trials, COVID-19, Donald Trump, FOX News, hydroxychloroquine, Laura Ingraham, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Stephen Smith, Vladimir Zelenko

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