Notable that one of the leading physician advocates for using ivermectin for COVID-19, Paul Marik, was once also convinced that he had cured sepsis with a combination of vitamins and steroids — a finding not replicated once a randomized trial was actually performed. /Thread
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I can (sort of) understand how in March-April 2020, when the pandemic really took off in the US, it could *seem* that there was nothing to lose by trying HCQ. There was nothing else. That HCQ was quickly shown not to work by fall was science correcting itself.
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What I don't understand is how the same thing can happen now. There are grifters out there still promoting HCQ as a miracle cure for
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Right, I don't disagree, but I would differentiate two things here. The first is, "why did many (?most) doctors use it early in the pandemic for sick patients?)". And I think your explanation is right ...
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But in this thread, I'm referring instead to what seemed like a politicized cult around hydroxychloroquine as a near miracle cure
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