Nany Maree
Ninety-six thousand patients. Six hundred and seventy-one hospitals. One of the biggest medical journals in the world. Then somebody counted our dead.
The Lancet study said hydroxychloroquine raised the risk of death in COVID patients, and the WHO paused its trials. But it had Australia at 73 deaths by 21 April, when our official count was 67. Norman Swan said it plainly: the figures didn't add up.
The data came from a Chicago company called Surgisphere. When the other authors asked to see all of it, the company cited confidentiality. The paper's now retracted.
I'm not gloating. I'm asking how six extra deaths got past the reviewers, and how many papers we've all taken on trust. I read the whole report, love. Did they?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2020-06-05
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