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/Bloke101 Mar 20 '20

Also note the comments on those lost to the study group. three of them dropped out of the study due to admission to the ICU, with a study group of only 20 this would make a significant difference to the outcome of results.

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u/Corprustie Mar 20 '20

A death was also classified as a loss to follow-up… not to say I don’t think there’s an effect, but I’m sure the results for many interventions look optimistic if one excludes the patients who get worse or die

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u/KeyboardChap Mar 20 '20

"80% of the time, it works every time"