Hydroxychloroquine ineffective at preventing COVID-19: trial

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Taking hydroxychloroquine shortly after being exposed to COVID-19 does not help prevent infection in a statistically meaningful way, scientists reported.

The medicine has been touted by US President Donald Trump, who has said he used it as a prophylaxis against the novel coronavirus.shortly after being exposed to COVID-19 does not help prevent infection in a statistically meaningful way, scientists reported following a clinical trial.

But an experiment involving 821 people across the United States and Canada showed it did not work significantly better than a placebo for this purpose.The study was led by a team at the University of Minnesota, and their paper was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The majority of them -- 719 -- were deemed to have had"high-risk" exposure because they wore neither a face mask nor an eye shield at the time, while the rest were"moderate-risk" because they covered their face but did not have goggles."This randomised trial did not demonstrate a significant benefit of hydroxychloroquine as postexposure prophylaxis for COVID-19," wrote the authors.

 

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whom are they making trials on

These guys are the most mischievous people around that peddle propaganda on Covid'19. Why did they authored such misleading report in the first instance. They must be investigated & made to bear the consequences. And all those experts that commented. Must apologized

U can't trust Trump

The lies... 😂😂😂🤥🤥🤥

The lancet study that said the same thing was repealed.

More bullshit and propaganda !!

And they laughed at trump

Source?

Lengana boi👊👊

realDonaldTrump stop taking it

Have they tested rooibos? Most probably and obviously not.

Nobody ever said it would prevent Covid. Idiot reporting

This headline is very misleading.....

Really? The Lancet had to retract their statement that it is ineffective

True!! It couldn’t save Americans or all the countries who buried thousands of their people!!

Someone tell Trump

liar liar pants on fire.. this works, how you think Boris survived? Trump takes this he said so himself, why you think he never wear a mask and still engage with a lot of people everyday. encamustfall they dont want you to get healed people

CVO from Madagascar is but it's being ignored. We know herbal we grew with herbal works than scientific meds.

El_pres_CTL

This cut and paste media is getting boring

realDonaldTrump

You guys are slow....

Guys, you don't take it alone, it doesn't work alone, it works alongside the zinc sulphate supplement, and immune boosters, the chloroquine allows the zinc to enter the cell and render the virus unable to replicate, and then the immune system will have an easier time.

Fake news!!!!!!🤡🤡🤡

Good job .... that study full of forged data and falsified evidence. The paper has been retracted by the journal.

Lancet retracted their trial because they lied

According to who? As this has been effective in so many countries. Is this a ploy for drug companies to make money through their own solution?

Haha, no shit.

Ka nnete? Did yall test it ?

Lol literally the news are tonight how the Lancet is retracting the study.. Fake news

What about Lengana from Madagascar?

😂😂😂 Leng fast?

Lies

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