Ireland has been slower than most other EU countries to re-open its borders to inward travel. A certain narrative is taking root, endorsed by prominent voices in the scientific community as well as in Dáil Éireann, to the effect that we should spare no effort in keeping Ireland “Covid-free.” This narrative has radicalized our thinking around […]
A new study has found that patients hospitalised with Covid-19 were much less likely to die if they were treated with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects, according to a new study published by Henry Ford Health System […]
A study published by prestigious peer-reviewed journal, the Lancet, which claimed that the use of hydroxychloroquine was dangerous and led to more deaths has been retracted after it was found that the data used in the study could not be verified. The retraction is a huge embarrassment for the scientific journal, and raises questions as […]
Donald Trump has several times referred to the possibility of using the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventative against coronavirus. Despite not being the only person to do so, and despite the fact that the use of the drug is being subject to many clinical trials, Trump’s statement, and his May 18 reference to taking […]
A new study has found that those who were given a combination of hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc sulfate were 1.5 times more likely to recover and be discharged, and 44% less likely to die. Researchers at the New York Grossman School of Medicine looked at 932 covid-19 patients hospitalized between March 2nd and April 5th. Half were […]