"The impact of covid is based solely on causing severe illness or death" is also probably incorrect. We could be interested in a treatment that effectively reduces viral replication (and thus viral load) as a means to reduce likelihood of transmission.
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Replying to @camstreet1 @igoreckert1
This is incorrect. Given that low severity cases have been modelled to be the driving force behind the pandemic, reducing/eliminating those would be of enormous benefit
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Replying to @camstreet1 @igoreckert1
Sure, but this is in the context of HCQ as a prophylactic. If it prevented mild disease, it could be an incredibly important finding even if it did not reduce hospitalizations
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It absolutely is a claim made for HCQ. The moving goalposts of how exactly HCQ 'works' has been really quite funny to watch
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Replying to @camstreet1 @igoreckert1
Mechanisms maybe not, but claims about disease yes definitely. Back in March we were discussing whether the drug should be given to hospitalised patients, now since it doesn't work for any indication tested so far the claims have become ridiculously specific
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Quality is more important than quantity when it comes to papers. 100s of terrible studies about HCQ proved nothing much, but the few really good ones have universally found no benefit (as we'd expect if it didn't work)
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