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Comment by EasyTiger_ | Hacker News Reader

Why are treatments that are effective in some way never discussed?

This pandemic has become ridiculously political. I was all onboard with "Hydroxychloroqine doesn't work" until I watched this, based on a large scale trial in Belgium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uzXHnUViro&feature=emb_logo

Now I want to see more information, as he points out the early trails used to dismiss it used a dangerously high doses.

I said in February, I will say it again. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are sources to be avoided when we can also look at prime sources or more reputable ones that "a guy on YouTube". If anything, YouTube was too late to block certain content.

You should probably take a look at the video before you dismiss it in the way you have - based on the source rather than the content.

He is a nursing teacher and his videos basically take up to date research and news on covid as he explains it to a non technical audience. Personally I rally appreciate that he takes the time filter out what appears to be interesting / important and presents it in a way that is easy for the general public to understand.

If you still can't be bothered to do that then the paper he is discussing is here (I assume that a peer reviewed paper is up to your high standards) but you will be missing out on a lot of information about dosages that John adds: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.106144

>I said in February, I will say it again

Repetition doesn't make your argument any more valid.

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