The Drug that Shall Not Be Named: Substantial Evidence that Hydroxychloroquine Works to Treat Covid
It's becoming increasingly clear that decisions about drugs, lockdowns, masks, and more are not being made in the interest of public health.
I’m sure many people have heard about the July 27th press conference of America’s Frontline Doctors, the group that advocated for the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat covid. Many people are also aware of how videos of the press conference have been quickly and repeatedly removed from most media platforms, including YouTube and Facebook. Fewer are likely aware of this July 23rd article by Dr. Harvey Risch, Professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health. If you have a couple minutes, I’d encourage you to read Dr. Risch’s conclusions.
From his opening paragraphs:
“As professor of epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, I have authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and currently hold senior positions on the editorial boards of several leading journals. I am usually accustomed to advocating for positions within the mainstream of medicine, so have been flummoxed to find that, in the midst of a crisis, I am fighting for a treatment that the data fully support but which, for reasons having nothing to do with a correct understanding of the science, has been pushed to the sidelines. As a result, tens of thousands of patients with COVID-19 are dying unnecessarily. Fortunately, the situation can be reversed easily and quickly.
I am referring, of course, to the medication hydroxychloroquine. When this inexpensive oral medication is given very early in the course of illness, before the virus has had time to multiply beyond control, it has shown to be highly effective, especially when given in combination with the antibiotics azithromycin or doxycycline and the nutritional supplement zinc.”
If the scientific evidence supports the use of this drug, as Dr. Risch contends, it’s at least worth asking why the voices of other doctors advocating for the same treatment are being silenced. There are likely many possible explanations, but to me it is becoming increasingly clear that decisions about drugs, lockdowns, masks, and more are not always being made in the interest of public health.