Hydroxychloroquine trial

[jimbob]

Looks like Didier Raoult, the french medic who pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure for CoViD, is about to be struck off (at last).

[French TV; can't find an eng-lang link yet]

Controversial French doctor Raoult in disciplinary hearing over notorious Covid-19 tips

About time too

[KAJ]

Looks like Didier Raoult, the french medic who pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure for CoViD, is about to be struck off (at last).

[French TV; can't find an eng-lang link yet]

Controversial French doctor Raoult in disciplinary hearing over notorious Covid-19 tips

About time too

From that link

The disciplinary chamber, chaired by a magistrate, can decide on sanctions against the doctor ranging from a simple warning to a temporary suspension

so it looks as if he won't be "struck off". But

Raoult must leave his job at the end of June at the latest due to retirement rules.

I don't know if the retirement is only from that job or from all medical practice.

[sTeamTraen]

The (mostly) French outlet Mediapart reports that they have interviewed multiple people ar Raoult's hospital, who have described (a) a culture of fear, (b) precise details of how Raoult and his inner circle faked the results of the first HCQ trial, and (c) how videos of Raoult pontificating run on a loop on screens inside the hospital. Details here in two posts (use Deepl.com to translate, it's great).

[Woodchopper]

Hydroxychloroquine was prescribed in hospitalised patients with Covid-19 despite of the low-level evidence.


Subsequently, HCQ use was associated with an 11% increase in the mortality rate in a meta-analysis of randomized trials.


The number of hydroxychloroquine related deaths in hospitalised patients is estimated at 16,990 in six countries.


These findings illustrate the hazard of drug repurposing with low-level evidence for the management of future pandemics.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 222301853X