New study finds higher death rate in patients taking hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19A pharmacist shows a bottle of the drug hydroxychloroquine on Monday, April 6, in Oakland, California. Ben Margot/AP, were no less likely to need mechanical ventilation and had higher deaths rates compared to those who did not take the drug, according to a study of hundreds of patients at United States Veterans Health Administration medical centers.
In the study of 368 patients, 97 patients who took hydroxychloroquine had a 27.8% death rate. The 158 patients who did not take the drug had an 11.4% death rate. “An association of increased overall mortality was identified in patients treated with hydroxychloroquine alone. These findings highlight the importance of awaiting the results of ongoing prospective, randomized, controlled studies before widespread adoption of these drugs,” wrote the authors, who work at the Columbia VA Health Care System in South Carolina, the University of South Carolina and the University of Virginia.
Researchers also looked at whether taking hydroxychloroquine or a combination of hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin, had an effect on whether a patient needed to go on a ventilator. They found there was no difference between these groups and the patients who took neither drug. “In this study, we found no evidence that use of hydroxychloroquine, either with or without azithromycin, reduced the risk of mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized with Covid-19,” the authors wrote.The study, which reviewed the veterans’ medical charts, was posted Tuesday on medrxiv.org, a pre-print server –– meaning it was not peer reviewed or published in a medical journal.
No look after your Naval Staff
.. THAT IS '0.01%' OF THE INFECTED HOSPITALIZED. . SAD....BUT THAT NUMBER IS NEARLY NOTHING!!!! . BUT THE MEDIA WANTS YOU IN A FETAL POSITION WITH FEAR WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE.... .
I pray for them and also all the others that dont believe prayer can help, per some of the comments i see in here
Is that an oil tanker in the front of this picture? An aircraft carrier is that much bigger than an oil tanker?
This is horrible!
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Now what? if I were the Captain that was received from duty, I wouldn’t return
Good. Now we can see just how lethal this virus would have been, or not have been, had we just kept on living as normal. Unfortunate experiment, but blame the captain’s decision to stop in vietnam for that one.
9 out of 5000 hospitalized?
Somebody should pull their head out of their ass and put the Captain back in charge of his ship
The captain should be reinstated ASAP.
Soooo the captain was correct in asking for aid!
0.012 percent. 🤔
Well gee, do wish their commander had highlighted this as a huge risk... oh wait....
But the captain was fired for trying to effectively sounding the alarm when the DOD wasn’t listening. Another failure from our federal government. And this for the people who defend our country. Absolutely shameful.
CNN fanning the fear. Why not report this story showing 60% tested positive did not show signs & other studies out of CA and Germany that the virus is far more widespread than estimated which is actually Good News. Means IFR is far lower than estimates
Is KimJongUn still dead?
Guam! Beautiful island! Need to go back!
Close quarters
Remember that next time realDonaldTrump tries to use veterans or military members as a prop.
SECNAV I guess the captain was out of line .. NOT
So the young and healthy are good to go F*ck 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Why did the captain get fired anyways?
I guess the Captain didnt know what he was talking about....smh
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