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In their July 28 seminar, the Frontline Doctors Group led by Dr Simone Gold, have put some plausible mechanisms for HCQ based cocktails on the table. These were noted on in an augmentation to an earlier post, but deserve headlining in their own right:

Dr Frieden OP: >>I have found at Bit Chute, a July 28 Frontline Doctors seminar which describes several mechanisms of action. Accordingly, I take liberty to annotate a screenshot, summarising several mechanisms of action described by these Doctors [cf. here for their references], but which are hard to find because of now almost pervasive censorship:

I add, that the above suggests a fairly similar viral attack process to the West Nile Virus (which is also an RNA virus), e.g.:

U/D, Mon Aug 16: I further add, a “DrBeen” — Dr Mobeen Syed — educational video, just found — this is the presenter summarised above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjkPdwlhI8A

I note, this first answers a puzzle on the mode of action, shape-shift of ACE2: the shift is INTERNAL to the cell by hindering “glycation” of the final AA (thus prior to exposure to buffering of blood etc), altering the shape enough to hamper S-protein reception. This reduces fusion with bilipid layer and RNA injection.

Other direct mechanisms as noted, reduce intracellular acidity thus action of organelles. They highlight stalling of assembly of new viri in the Golgi bodies, with implication of blocking export of fresh viri, thus hampering the multiplication chain. The by now well known indirect activity is that as a lipophilic molecule, HCQ enters the cell bilipid layer membrane, acting as a Zn ionophore, i.e. it “shoots” Zn into the cell. Zn in turn hinders a key viral enzyme, RdRP.

Thus, we see a plausible picture of causal action, involving multiple, synergistic effects. This lends credibility to the use of HCQ-based cosctails in treating the early viral phases of CV19.>>

Unfortunately, WP for UD is not set up to embed BitChute videos.

An odd bit of support for this, is that HCQ/CQ have been used as fish tank cleaner for about 40 years. The complex animals (the fish) live, but the crud from several kingdoms, dies. That points to attack modes that hit core cell processes, such as we may summarise:

That seems to be what is now on the table, through the effects of pH shifting, as proposed. In short, we have reasonable mechanisms to go with the reports of doctors who are treating CV 19 in the early, viral phase, with vulnerable group patients:

From this, we can freely say that it is going to be a challenge to refute the framework of issues and implicit model being presented in the open letter to Dr Fauci:

>>There is currently no recommended pharmacologic early outpatient treatment for individuals in the flu stage of the illness, correct?

It is true that COVID-19 is much more lethal than the flu for high-risk individuals such as older patients and those with significant comorbidities, correct?

Individuals with signs of early COVID-19 infection typically have a runny nose, fever, cough, shortness of breath, loss of smell, etc., and physicians send them home to rest, eat chicken soup etc., but offer no specific, targeted medications, correct?

These high-risk individuals are at high risk of death, on the order of 15% or higher, correct?

So just so we are clear—the current standard of care now is to send clinically stable symptomatic patients home, “with a wait and see” approach?

Are you aware that physicians are successfully using Hydroxychloroquine combined with Zinc and Azithromycin as a “cocktail” for early outpatient treatment of symptomatic, high-risk, individuals?

Have you heard of the “Zelenko Protocol,” for treating high-risk patients with COVID 19 as an outpatient?

Have you read Dr. Risch’s article in the American Journal of Epidemiology of the early outpatient treatment of COVID-19?

Are you aware that physicians using the medication combination or “cocktail” recommend use within the first 5 to 7 days of the onset of symptoms, before the illness impacts the lungs, or cytokine storm evolves?

Again, to be clear, your recommendation is no pharmacologic treatment as an outpatient for the flu—like symptoms in patients that are stable, regardless of their risk factors, correct?

Would you advocate for early pharmacologic outpatient treatment of symptomatic COVID-19 patients if you were confident that it was beneficial?

Are you aware that there are hundreds of physicians in the United States and thousands across the globe who have had dramatic success treating high-risk individuals as outpatients with this “cocktail?”

Are you aware that there are at least 10 studies demonstrating the efficacy of early outpatient treatment with the Hydroxychloroquine cocktail for high-risk patients — so this is beyond anecdotal, correct?

If one of your loved ones had diabetes or asthma, or any potentially complicating comorbidity, and tested positive for COVID-19, would you recommend “wait and see how they do” and go to the hospital if symptoms progress?

Even with multiple studies documenting remarkable outpatient efficacy and safety of the Hydroxychloroquine “cocktail,” you believe the risks of the medication combination outweigh the benefits?

Is it true that with regard to Hydroxychloroquine and treatment of COVID-19 infection, you have said repeatedly that “The Overwhelming Evidence of Properly Conducted Randomized Clinical Trials Indicate No Therapeutic Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)?”

But NONE of the randomized controlled trials to which you refer were done in the first 5 to 7 days after the onset of symptoms- correct?

All of the randomized controlled trials to which you refer were done on hospitalized patients, correct?

Hospitalized patients are typically sicker that outpatients, correct?

None of the randomized controlled trials to which you refer used the full cocktail consisting of Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Azithromycin, correct?

While the University of Minnesota study is referred to as disproving the cocktail, the meds were not given within the first 5 to 7 days of illness, the test group was not high risk (death rates were 3%), and no zinc was given, correct?

Again, for clarity, the trials upon which you base your opinion regarding the efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine, assessed neither the full cocktail (to include Zinc + Azithromycin or doxycycline) nor administered treatment within the first 5 to 7 days of symptoms, nor focused on the high-risk group, correct?

Therefore, you have no basis to conclude that the Hydroxychloroquine cocktail when used early in the outpatient setting, within the first 5 to 7 days of symptoms, in high risk patients, is not effective, correct?

It is thus false and misleading to say that the effective and safe use of Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Azithromycin has been “debunked,” correct? How could it be “debunked” if there is not a single study that contradicts its use?

Should it not be an absolute priority for the NIH and CDC to look at ways to treat Americans with symptomatic COVID-19 infections early to prevent disease progression?

The SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 virus is an RNA virus. It is well-established that Zinc interferes with RNA viral replication, correct?

Moreover, is it not true that hydroxychloroquine facilitates the entry of zinc into the cell, is a “ionophore,” correct?

Isn’t also it true that Azithromycin has established anti-viral properties?

Are you aware of the paper from Baylor by Dr. McCullough et. al. describing established mechanisms by which the components of the “HCQ cocktail” exert anti-viral effects?

So- the use of hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin (or doxycycline) and zinc, the “HCQ cocktail,” is based on science, correct?>>

Let us see how the “game” moves forward beyond this point. END

PS: As an extra, here is Dr Zelenko:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ywj-PZTt4g

PPS: As a further extra, Aug 29, HT Jerry, Raoult et al on the pattern of cases and studies, involving 40,000+ cases:

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Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emergency use of blood plasma from recovered COVID patients to treat the disease in favor of dedicating their resources to a gold-standard clinical trial that could help settle the science for good. As many as 45 hospitals from coast to coast have expressed interest in collaborating on a randomized, controlled clinical trial sponsored by Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said principal investigator Dr. Todd Rice. Officials at some hospitals said they are considering committing only to the clinical trial — and either avoiding or minimizing use of convalescent plasma through an emergency use authorization issued Aug. 23 by the federal Food and Drug Administration. A National Institutes of Health panel this week countered the FDA’s decision, saying that the therapy “should not be considered the standard of care for the treatment of patients with COVID-19” and that well-designed trials are needed to determine whether the therapy is helpful. Data so far suggests the treatment could be beneficial, but it’s not definitive. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200903/dozens-of-us-hospitals-poised-to-defy-fdas-directive-on-covid-plasmarhampton7
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Why is the COVID-19 virus more dangerous in people with comorbidities? In the Physiological Reviews paper, the researchers noted that all those comorbidities feature elevated levels of the extracellular protease plasmin. Plasmin is able to nick proteins at amino acid sequences called furin sites. For many viruses, this nicking at furin sites increases their infectivity. Both SARS and MERS — the two virulent coronaviruses that are related to the COVID-19 virus — “have evolved an unusual two-step furin activation for fusion, suggestive of a role during the process of emergence into the human population,” the researchers wrote. They noted that the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, also has a furin site on its spike protein, the vital, viral protein for viral attachment to a lung cell. The researchers proposed that plasmin may cleave that furin site in the spike protein to increase its infectivity and virulence, and they hypothesized that, “the plasmin system may prove a promising therapeutic target for combating COVID-19.” Ness already knew there is an inexpensive, commonly used drug — tranexamic acid, or TXA — that targets plasmin by inhibiting its conversion from the inactive precursor, plasminogen, to the active protease, plasmin. TXA is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding because having lower plasmin levels allows better clotting. TXA has a long track record of safety and is commonly given off-label. For the clinical trial, Ness and colleagues have started a double-blind study, giving either TXA or a placebo pill to COVID-19 outpatients who were recently diagnosed with COVID-19. Patients also receive an anticoagulant. The overall goal of the exploratory study is to assess both safety and efficacy of five days of TXA versus placebo in the COVID-19 population. Enrollment is ongoing. https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/11529-clinical-trial-will-test-possible-covid-19-treatment-for-outpatientsrhampton7
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A deadly pandemic isn't the time for leading U.S. health agencies to disagree on data and treatment benefits, but that's the situation playing out as new COVID-19 treatment guidelines from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) rejected the FDA's word on convalescent plasma. Days after the FDA granted plasma a controversial emergency authorization, NIH experts concluded there are “currently no data from well-controlled, adequately powered randomized clinical trials that demonstrate the efficacy and safety” of the treatment in COVID-19. Plasma "should not be considered" standard of care for treating COVID-19 patients, the agency said. In response to the debacle, Medscape editor-in-chief and prominent physician Eric Topol called on Hahn to “tell the truth or resign.” In an open letter, Topol said the agency’s handling of the hydroxychloroquine saga—plus convalescent plasma and the latest remdesivir emergency use authorization—show Hahn’s “willingness to deviate” from the FDA’s “bedrock premise” of relying on “accurate, science-based information.” He called on the commissioner to hold a press conference and explain the plasma announcement and any pressure that went into it. Otherwise, he said, Hahn should resign. https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/rebuking-fda-nih-experts-say-no-data-support-plasma-as-a-covid-19-treatmentrhampton7
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In the last few weeks, COVID-19 infection rates have been on the decline in Nigeria and many Nigerians are wondering if the country has reached the peak of the outbreak. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu speaks to Chioma Obinna on this development and challenges in the response. We are very grateful for the leadership of our sister-agency, NAFDAC in the conduct of clinical trials for COVID-19. Currently, our case management guidelines advise that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are only used in the context of clinical trials. The results from these clinical trials and other scientific processes will determine if these will be used as part of treatment modalities for COVID-19 in Nigeria. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/09/covid-19-chloroquine-used-only-in-clinical-trials-in-nigeria-says-ncdc-boss-2/rhampton7
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The Trump administration will not take part in a global effort to help develop and equitably distribute a COVID-19 vaccine—a decision experts called “shortsighted” and “self-defeating”—according to a report by The Washington Post. The White House cited the involvement of the World Health Organization in its decision to shun the effort. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized the WHO for being soft on China during the global health crisis, despite the fact that Trump himself repeatedly praised China for its “transparency” and response to the pandemic in January and February. At the end of May, Trump abruptly announced that he was “terminating our relationship” with the WHO, a move that alarmed public health experts.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/trump-admin-shuns-global-covid-19-vaccine-program-citing-beef-with-who/JVL
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been confusing Americans for months about what to do to stay safe and disease-free during the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this week, the agency again confused public health experts and lay-people alike when it changed course on testing recommendations for the coronavirus. Former CDC Director Tom Frieden, who directed the agency from 2009 to 2017, says this is not how the CDC usually operates, and it's "a big problem." "I don't think there has ever been a time before when people from the White House or HHS are dictating what goes on technical documents on the CDC website," Frieden told Insider during a question-and-answer session on Thursday. "This is dangerous." These mandates from above "are frankly not scientifically supportable," Frieden said. "That's problematic because it undermines our trust in government," he said, calling the move one that's ultimately "self-defeating." https://www.businessinsider.com/former-cdc-director-move-to-end-asymptomatic-testing-unscientific-2020-8rhampton7
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Why the opposition to HCQ? I am reluctant to post this because it will also just point to the nonsense of RHampton. But I have seen this in a few places in the last couple days.
Aha. Now I understand why they’re fighting HCQ so fiercely... if there’s an approved treatment, they can’t issue an Emergency Use Authorization for a rushed vaccine One of the stipulations to getting emergency approval for a vaccine is there must be no adequate, approved, and available alternative.
https://bit.ly/31O5W6h From FDA website
d. No Alternatives For FDA to issue an EUA, there must be no adequate, approved, and available alternative to the candidate product for diagnosing, preventing, or treating the disease or condition. A potential alternative product may be considered “unavailable” if there are insufficient supplies of the approved alternative to fully meet the emergency need. A potential alternative product may be considered "inadequate" if, for example, there are contraindicating data for special circumstances or populations (e.g., children, immunocompromised individuals, or individuals with a drug allergy), if a dosage form of an approved product is inappropriate for use in a special population (e.g., a tablet for individuals who cannot swallow pills), or if the agent is or may be resistant to approved and available alternative products.
https://bit.ly/2EFa3ZUjerry
September 1, 2020
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The president of the United States retweeted a link to a post on Gateway Pundit, asserting that the real death toll from COVID-19 is merely 9,000, and that the other roughly 178,000 deaths were because of other factors. That was a pretty egregious misinterpretation of the CDC’s data; the CDC stated, “For 6 percent of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned [on the death certificate]. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death.” The list of conditions is long and varied: diabetes, various heart-related conditions including hypertension, cardiac arrest, ischemic heart disease (hardening of the arteries), cardiac arrhythmia and heart disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic lower respiratory diseases, obesity, an immunocompromised state from an organ transplant, coronary art disease, or sickle cell disease. None of the conditions listed above are death sentences by themselves. With treatment and medication, most people diagnosed with those conditions can live long and happy lives. No one with the slightest understanding of human health can look at someone with one of those conditions listed above dying from COVID-19 and conclude, “that person was going to die soon anyway.” And if your takeaway from this data is that SARS-CoV-2 is only a risk to those with one of those conditions . . . great, now we just have to worry about the 100 million or so Americans with diabetes or prediabetes, the roughly 100 million Americans with high blood pressure, the one in three American adults at risk for chronic kidney disease, the 16 million to 24 million Americans believed to be at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the 1 in 500 adults who have cardiomyopathy, the millions of Americans either being treated for cancer or who have recovered from cancer . . . https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/no-one-wants-to-solve-real-problems/rhampton7
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In a recent meeting of the Southwest District Health board in Caldwell, board members briefly pondered the high coronavirus rate among Latino residents of the health district, who continue to be disproportionately sickened by COVID-19 in Idaho and across the country. Southwest District Health Director Nikki Zogg explained to board members she believed so many Latinos in the district were testing positive because of jobs in the agricultural and food processing industry, where social distancing can be almost impossible. They are more likely to live in multi-generational, larger households, Zogg said. “There’s something else that you’re missing when it comes to the Hispanic, Black and Asian population,” said Adams County Commissioner Vicki Purdy. “They are all very low in Vitamin D ... why aren’t we telling people to check their Vitamin D levels?” Purdy, who has shared COVID-19 misinformation on her personal social media in past months, then went on to discuss the contested benefits of hydroxychloroquine and claimed it was impossible for children to pass coronavirus to adults, which is false, according to the CDC. The district’s medical staff immediately refuted these assertions, and the district issued a press release shortly after clarifying there was scant evidence hydroxychloroquine could successfully treat coronavirus. https://magicvalley.com/news/local/why-are-more-latinos-in-idaho-contracting-covid-it-s-probably-not-vitamin-d-deficiency/article_fa80e15c-9fde-5a1d-92ef-e95ed575bf19.htmlrhampton7
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This latest study, published in the journal Nature Communications, highlights the result of testing the protease inhibitors used in cats in SARS-CoV-2 cell culture. The researchers noted that Vederas synthesized the compounds, and Tyrrel tested them against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in test tubes and human cell lines. The team has found that GC373 and GC376 are potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 replication in cell culture, making them strong candidates in treating human coronavirus infections because they have been successful in animals. The crystal structure of the drug has been identified and described as it binds with the protein. The team also revealed the three-dimensional shape of the protease with the drug in the active site pocket, showing how it inhibits virus replication. With the new information and data, the team believes that the study will allow for the development of more effective drugs. The researchers plan to test modifications of the inhibitor to develop it further so it can fit inside the virus. However, they emphasized that with the results of the study, showing that the drug is effective against SARS-CoV-2, it can already be used in human trials. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200831/Cat-drug-that-inhibits-SARS-CoV-2-fast-tracked-for-human-clinical-trials.aspxrhampton7
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continued... Dominique Costagliola, research director at Inserm and member of the Academy of Sciences, salutes the seriousness of the work carried out. “They clearly explain their search strategy and the grids they use to assess the risk of bias in studies. This is the Cochrane methodology, recognized for doing this type of study. They filed their protocol as it should be. They do not include studies at risk of critical bias, which is recommended. But in the appendix, we still have the results that are obtained if we include these studies. We really have everything we need to be able to judge the relevance of what is done and the results. “ “You can definitely see that well-done observational studies don’t find things very different from clinical trials.”, she notes. Conversely, notes the epidemiologist, “when we have studies with critical biases, we find more favorable things, and that’s the problem.” https://pledgetimes.com/what-is-the-new-meta-analysis-worth-on-the-ineffectiveness-of-hydroxychloroquine-against-the-coronavirus/rhampton7
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Problems with meta-analysis and studies that are not RCTs - specifically Dr Raoult’s studies A meta-analysis provides a precise idea of ??the state of scientific knowledge produced by researchers on a subject. “One of the interests is to take into account all the studies produced on a subject. Those for, like those against”, points out Thibault Fiolet. But a meta-analysis also consists in evaluating the quality of the studies carried out, using statistical tools. This gives the opportunity “to rank them against each other, and see which ones are the most solid”, comments the researcher. To this end, researchers scrutinize the “biases” of the studies. “One of the most common occurs when the treatment group and the control group are not comparable. For example, when patients in the control group are older than those on treatment.”, and therefore more likely to develop a severe or even fatal form of the disease. “Or when they receive treatments other than that studied. In this case, this imbalance is a factor of confusion: we do not really know if the result is due to the imbalance between the two groups or not”, highlighted Thibault Fiolet. “We note that the observational studies are of lower quality [que les essais randomisés], and with different groups regarding risk and severity factors, therefore with bias “, summarizes Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, doctoral student in public health at Imperial College London, affiliated with Inserm, and co-author of the study. “We observe a strong tendency to have control groups in which the state of health of the patients is more severe than the treated group, as is the case in the studies of the IHU of Marseille. There are more men. , more elderly patients, more comorbidities, etc. “ “The second bias encountered is the ‘positive’ observational studies (those which show an effect), which have a favorable publication bias”, continues Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, commenting: “It is easier to post something that suggests an effect of the treatment than something that shows no effect. “ The studies presenting too important biases, called “critical”, were excluded. The work of Didier Raoult’s team at the IHU in Marseille has thus been put aside. “If we combine studies with many biases, we inevitably have a biased result”, notes Thibault Fiolet. https://pledgetimes.com/what-is-the-new-meta-analysis-worth-on-the-ineffectiveness-of-hydroxychloroquine-against-the-coronavirus/rhampton7
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But does hydroxychloroquine, combined or not with an antibiotic, azithromycin, allow, as its defenders claim, to save lives in the face of the coronavirus when it is prescribed as a treatment? A new study (article in English), published Wednesday August 26 in the review Clinical Microbiology and Infection, official journal of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, intends to provide a definitive answer. This is a meta-analysis: a large-scale study that examines the findings of other scientific studies. Researchers from Inserm, the University of Lausanne and that of Neuchâtel began their investigations in mid-April, explains to franceinfo one of the authors, Thibault Fiolet, doctoral student in public health at the University of Paris-Saclay and member of Inserm. “We searched the databases of scientific publications. We entered the keywords: hydroxychloroquine, Covid-19, mortality … We obtained 839 results”, exposes the scientist. The authors then eliminated the 254 duplicates (the same article can be published on several platforms) and operated a drastic sorting. “We read the titles and excerpts of all these articles, and we came up with 29 articles that met our inclusion criteria, namely that they dealt with mortality in hospitalized patients on hydroxychloroquine., whether or not in combination with azithromycin, compared to control groups “, details Thibault Fiolet. Among these 29 studies, 25, known as “observational”, retrospectively observe the effects of a treatment on a sample of patients. Three relate to randomized controlled clinical trials (including Recovery, in the United Kingdom) which test a drug on a group of patients composed for the occasion. Finally, another focuses on a non-randomized trial. The analysis covers a total of 11,932 patients on hydroxychloroquine only, 8,081 on hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, and 12,930 in the control group. Analysis of all the studies shows that mortality in patients hospitalized on hydroxychloroquine is lower (-17%) than in the control groups. But if we focus on randomized studies, the mortality of patients on hydroxychloroquine is slightly higher (+ 9%) than that of people in the control group. https://pledgetimes.com/what-is-the-new-meta-analysis-worth-on-the-ineffectiveness-of-hydroxychloroquine-against-the-coronavirus/rhampton7
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Three U.S. senators are demanding answers from federal agencies about how they’re tracking and regulating the use of hydroxychloroquine, a drug once touted as an effective treatment for COVID-19, in nursing homes. The Resort at Texas City in April was one of the first Texas nursing homes to report an outbreak of COVID-19 among its residents and staff. In the days after the outbreak, Dr. Robin Armstrong, the medical director at the nursing home, announced he was treating some of the residents with hydroxychloroquine. The nursing home was able acquire the drug with the help of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, according to news reports. In addition to being a doctor, Armstrong also is a Republican activist and one of two Texas delegates on the Republican National Committee. The Resort at Texas City was cited in May for violating regulations requiring it to “ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments” and to “develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the residents’ needs,” according to the inspection survey. In interviews with The Daily News and others earlier this year, however, Armstrong said he gave some of his patients hydroxychloroquine without discussing it with patients or their families. Armstrong in May said he treated 38 people at the facility with hydroxychloroquine after those patients had tested positive for COVID-19. Three of those people later died, and the other 35 recovered, Armstrong said. https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_790a2d17-6c31-5190-92ce-b4335a2a03d7.htmlrhampton7
August 29, 2020
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HCQ reincarnated: Does convalescent plasma help COVID-19 patients? Studies will answer Efficacy has been challenging to prove. A study in the Netherlands was stopped after investigators saw no difference from placebo in mortality, length of hospital stay or disease severity. Recent results from the largest study to date, run by the Mayo Clinic, showed a lower mortality rate if convalescent plasma was administered early, within three days of diagnosis, compared to later but the study has no control group so the treatment effect cannot be definitively confirmed. At least 10 randomized trials in the U.S. are struggling to recruit participants since severe infections are waning. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, there are 96 registered studies that are recruiting, enrolling by invitation or active not recruiting, including 19 Phase 3s. Seven of the late-stage studies should wind up this year, followed by 10 next year and two in 2022. Only five are based in the U.S. All are still recruiting patients, only one (Stanford University) by invitation. The largest is a 15,000-subject trial led by the University of Oxford that also includes lopinavir/ritonavir, azithromycin, tocilizumab and hydroxychloroquine. Its primary completion date is December of next year. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3609798-convalescent-plasma-help-covidminus-19-patients-studies-will-answerrhampton7
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The truth about hydroxychloroquine’s (HCQ’s) efficacy as a prophylactic/administered-in-response drug against Covid-19 has become a casualty of conflicting reports. A recent observational study led by a hospital in Italy claims that the anti-malarial drug reduced the risk of death amongst hospitalised Covid-19 patients by 30%. ICMR and other government-affiliated researchers had published the findings of an observational study in the Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR) to claim that HCQ was effective, in combination with wearing of PPE, in staving off SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers. The study couldn’t clearly state whether PPEs and other external factors had a greater role to play in protecting against Covid-19 than HCQ. But, it reported a much lower proportion of Covid-19 cases among those who received HCQ for the longest duration (six weeks) than among those who received it for 4-5 weeks and three weeks. It is important to consider the questions raised by some researchers—including some doctors at AIIMS Delhi and AIIMS Raipur—over the methodology of the study. It is equally important to consider the claims, as reported by The Print, that HCQ trials have come under much greater scrutiny while risks associated with remdesivir, manufactured by the US pharma major Gilead, seem to be getting played down. Given India is a major HCQ producer, it would be tempting to probe for a possible agenda. But the more effective, and scientifically convincing, way to settle questions over HCQ’s efficacy, and in the process tackle any agenda, would be for ICMR to conduct thorough RCTs and make the findings public. One way or the other, the truth about HCQ could finally be agreed upon then. https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/hcq-debate-icmr-must-conduct-thorough-randomised-control-trial-make-findings-public/2068536/lite/rhampton7
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MMT seems unaware of what actually influences my thought,
My assessment is truth in the form of evidence and logic. That is sadly missing in too many as it is emotions that rule. Emotions are often wrong. Off to Walmart where I have to wear a mask. Today it will be the “Live Free or Die” one.jerry
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Jerry, indeed I live on a small Caribbean island, though were I interested, I could get US Cable TV with I think up to hundreds of channels. That I don't even know that much should tell on my utter lack of interest; I have seen more than enough on YouTube to tell me there is a vast wasteland there. I can find utterly no good reason to waste money on such trash. MMT seems unaware of what actually influences my thought, what is original to me or the like and simply projects strawman caricatures. He is likely unaware of how much the projection reveals, by the mirror principle . . . especially, as I have the academic habit of giving sources. KFkairosfocus
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In ten USA it is the STATE governments that bear responsibility for their people. Only losers try to blame the federal government. The President wanted to take control. The States wouldn't have any part of that. Democratic Governors killed tens of thousands of their elderly. That is not on the President. The USA is loaded with unhealthy people. Again, that is not on the President.ET
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Then maybe you should watch something other than Fox News, Sean Hannity, and Rush.
I believe Kf lives on a small West Indies island. I doubt he is a listener to these. I often wonder when he sleeps since he posts at very early times for the US and is often posting in the evening. By the way, I personally do not have access to television so haven't seen Fox News in a long while or Sean Hannity. Rarely listen to Rush so do not know what he is saying these days. When I am in the car, I usually listen to an audio book. But I have a face mask that has on it "Live Free or Die" which is the state motto for New Hampshire where I live. I believe it also is the name of Sean Hannity's new book which I have not ordered or have access to. You should tell us what these sources are saying that is wrong so we can evaluate them. Otherwise it is just a meaningless irrelevant talking point.jerry
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MMT, your projections tell us all we need to know, by mirror principle. The blame the "fascists" game is 30 years past sell-by date and is diagnostic of Marxist left influence (however indirect and dated, going back to Stalin et al). FYI, I rarely watch news and commentary (though I will monitor . . . and YouTube is going to be the main source I can use here for vids), I much prefer reading. My sources in this thread -- manifestly, despite your patently false and irresponsible suggestions -- are the Frontline Doctors and associated documents, in the primary instance, cf OP. It took Yandex of all places for me to get a key chart. After nearly 300 comments, it is noteworthy that no one has seriously undermined the plausible mechanisms on the table. If you mean to point to culture form marxism, critical theories etc, a main source is that horrible Fox News source, Standford Enc of Phil. As for Red Guards, I have the temerity to cite that Right Wing rag, Wikipedia [duly noted as admitting against interest]. As for decision theory, why, I studied it and have used it professionally for decades. Geostrategy? Oh, I have the gall to refer to Mackinder and Spykman et al on Heartland and Rimlands, with a Dash of Mahan et al on sea power, extending to C21 by dint of comparing Russia c 1904 and Africa today, with a dash of the Spanish C16 grab of C and S America. Oh yes, Jackie Fisher used to speak of having the keys to the five key gates for sea commerce in his back pocket too. I forgot, I read the early will of that rapist of a continent, Cecil Rhodes. Read it some time and compare the rise of certain international institutions including the scholarship named after him. As for the re-working of political spectra, I think Plato, Aristotle, Alcibiades, Cicero, Machiavelli, locke, world history sources and general background on the printing revolution [is that Gutenberg, Aldus et al?] as well as Web Archive with classic documents had some influence. Did I forget, histories on the French Revolution, Russia, rise of Nazism [Shirer influenced me going back to childhood, and there was always Mom, who lived through it . . . as a teen she used to read the sole paper's war news for the district to the assembled people at Grandpa's shop across from St Aidan's], the Cuban Revolution, Jamaica's civil war and more. Churchill, history of the English speaking peoples lurks. When did such last appear on Fox as guests? Does that station regularly discuss such? If so, then maybe it might be intellectually worthwhile to watch it! KFkairosfocus
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Didier Raoult Trashing Darwin
“Charles Darwin’s vision of the world deeply influenced biology in the twentieth century. Today, however, his theory of evolution is more a hindrance than a help, because it has become a quasi-theological creed that is preventing the benefits of improved research from being fully realized." Didier Raoult, Life After Darwin.
Because it is not about saving lives or not. It is a power struggle (atheism/ evolutionism) vs theism. The a/evos do not want to give an inch (150 years of darwinian non-sense has served them well). The Academia is full of marxist parasites that are not willing to abandon their host. It's so warm and nutritious...Truthfreedom
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KF
MMT, this is not mere objective reporting, what has been happening is outright deceitful toxic defamation, willful distortion of history, events, issues and more in service to agendas amounting to insurrectionist agit prop (not mere irresponsible tabloidisation though that is a factor) with enabling of destruction and bloodshed.
Then maybe you should watch something other than Fox News, Sean Hannity, and Rush.Mac McTavish
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Jerry, I added the main chart as a PPS. It speaks, yet again. KFkairosfocus
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An assessment of the C19 virus now. How accurate?
We’re getting close to end of this crisis It’s going to be shifting away from a scientific issue to a political1 Not sure many of us can do much more The science is pretty clear I feel like I repeat myself alot lately
https://bit.ly/32AVz58jerry
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While top Australian medical people are proud that they are letting people die (documented by RHampton), Dr. Kulvinder Kaur from Ontario, will be on Australian radio with other doctors explaining why they are wrong to let people die. https://bit.ly/31C3v6U Dr. Kaur has been attacked by Canadian medical authorities for recommending something that works and for being against things that don't work. Follow the money! Yes, it is an Alice in Wonderland world out there. And we have people everywhere defending Wonderland. Including several on this site. What they don't realize is that eventually the Queen of Hearts will come for them. Remember Robespierre!!!jerry
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Read this short article and replace Bactrim with HCQ
Whitewashing AIDS History
With Fauci, follow the money not the doctors. https://bit.ly/2QAUl4ejerry
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FDA approves drug with no benefit for more patients. Why?
COVID-19 Update: FDA Broadens Emergency Use Authorization for Veklury (remdesivir) to Include All Hospitalized Patients for Treatment of COVID-19
Why not? If it could help. But HCQ has much better numbers. So why? My guess, is follow the money. https://bit.ly/2QBrCwk And in Nigeria. https://bit.ly/3hAEWN8
Chloroquine potent for COVID-19 prevention , says NAFDAC The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, declared that chloroquine prevents the dreaded coronavirus. Its Director General, Prof. Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye, during an online interactive session with journalists said: “We realise that chloroquine can be used in the early stage of the COVID-19 infection as prophylactic treatment. Science does not lie.” Also “My colleague in Ghana has a robust study on chloroquine use on COVID-19 patients that is going to be released soon. Also, several people that had COVID-19 in Senegal recovered after using the drug.”
Are the Africans ahead of the US? It looks that way! Will not make RHampton's top 40 list. It saves lives. Not the narrative of some.jerry
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Hope! Very large meta analysis on HCQ
REAL-TIME META-ANALYSIS FOR HCQ / MORTALITY / COVID
From Dr. Raoult's group. Over 40,000 patients. Most of these patients would have been in the Surgisphere study which is more proof it was phony. https://bit.ly/2DdPAuq Results
Meta-analysis on chloroquine derivatives and COVID-19 mortality August, 26, 2020 Update Studies with PCR-confirmed diagnosis assessing the « death » outcome - Random effects model – Comprehensive meta-analysis (Biostat inc.) 14 comparisons from clinical studies: 4,121 patients Authors include physicians who take care of patients - Connexion between data scientists and clinical ward Odds ratio 0.60, 95% confidence interval 0.50 – 0.73, p = 1.04 x 10^-7 Consistent results: I2 = 20%, p = 0.23 ----------------------- 12 comparisons from Big data studies: 35,985 patients Authors analyzed data from electronic health records - Disconnexion between data scientists and clinical ward Odds ratio = 0.84, 95% confidence interval 0.75 – 0.94, p = 0.003 Inconsistent results: I2 = 76%, p <.001
https://bit.ly/2DdPAuqjerry
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MMT, this is not mere objective reporting, what has been happening is outright deceitful toxic defamation, willful distortion of history, events, issues and more in service to agendas amounting to insurrectionist agit prop (not mere irresponsible tabloidisation though that is a factor) with enabling of destruction and bloodshed. As a yardstick, ponder enabling of the holocaust of 800+ million of our living posterity in the womb over 40+ years, advancing at about 800 k per week currently, and ask yourself whether those who enable such have any true concern for rights, justice, life -- or whether they find that toxic emotions are amenable to manipulation. For cause, there is now accelerating loss of credibility, unfortunately that is also a contributory factor to where things are on this and many other issues. As, sound media in the net are vital buttressing for sustainable constitutional democracy. A reckoning is palpably coming and it will not be enjoyable. KFkairosfocus
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