Hydroxychloroquine trial

jimbob · Post by **jimbob** » Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:15 pm

KAJ wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 1:44 pm
Lew Dolby wrote: Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:04 pm 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 · Post by **KAJ** » Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:49 pm

jimbob wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:15 pm
KAJ wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 1:44 pm
Lew Dolby wrote: Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:04 pm 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 · Post by **sTeamTraen** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:18 pm

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).

Post by **Woodchopper** » Sun Jan 07, 2024 3:54 am

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

Scrutable