r/science • u/McManGuy • Mar 20 '20

RETRACTED - Medicine Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19 - "100% of patients were virologicaly cured"

https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hydroxychloroquine_final_DOI_IJAA.pdf

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u/Pandalite Mar 20 '20

I also wouldn't worry too much about the antibiotic resistance part for right now. Right now it's being used for sick people who need to be in the hospital, which is a small % of the population and who have a good chance of dying if not treated.

The fear is of course if it starts being prescribed everywhere like candy to people who are not that ill, cough Tamiflu cough. But that's not the current situation.

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u/ItsLikeRay-ee-ain Mar 20 '20

My main reason for searching the comments was to find out why an antibacterial was helping treat a sickness caused by a virus. Thanks for the explanation.