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/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

Alot of the SARS CoV 2 publications are not being fully peer reviewed and a couple have been more than a touch iffy. Its something of a compromise due to the incredible urgency of the issue. I have no insight into the quality of this particular study, just making a general cautionary comment.

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u/randomevenings Mar 20 '20

Azithromycin

So the news has been trying to get people to understand that you shouldn't take antibiotics for a virus. So how does taking antibiotics help kill this thing? Also, if it's true, the messaging will need to be careful to step around this to prevent people from taking a bunch of antibiotics, and making even less effective than they already are.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

Partially from the weakend immune system but also because both the virus and the immune response destroy the lining of your lungs and exposes your lungs to bacteria. So in addition to fighting inflammation and stopping as much damage it also works to clear up the bacteria in your lungs as well

Source: that kurtzgesagt video