Episode 1241 • • 1:28:14 - 1:30:00
1241: Curtain Wranglers
Hydroxychloroquine Study, New England Journal of Medicine and Bias
A new observational study in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective for COVID-19. However, critics point to implicit bias in the study, noting that it only included patients with moderate to severe disease who were often already on ventilators. The study also lacked a placebo group and did not include zinc, which many doctors claim is essential for the treatment's success.