"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine, quackery, science, and pseudoscience (and anything else that interests him).

Tag: COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine: The Black Knight of treatments for COVID-19

Post author By Orac
Post date July 29, 2020
312 Comments on Hydroxychloroquine: The Black Knight of treatments for COVID-19

Truly, hydroxychloroquine is the Black Knight of treatments for COVID-19. “America’s Frontline Doctors” demonstrated this for me conclusively.

Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, Dan Erickson, hydroxychloroquine, quackery, SARS-CoV-2, Stella Immanuel

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COVID-19 and “super-spreaders”

Post author By Orac
Post date July 27, 2020
58 Comments on COVID-19 and “super-spreaders”

Evidence is emerging suggesting that COVID-19 does not spread equally. A minority of infected individuals seem to spread the virus easily to many people, while most infected individuals spread it to few others or no one at all, likely through a combination of circumstance, environment, and possibly biology. Why is this, and what does it mean for coronavirus containment strategies?

Tags coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, super-spreader, super-spreading, superspreader, superspreading

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Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch defends hydroxychloroquine in Newsweek—badly

Post author By Orac
Post date July 24, 2020
216 Comments on Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch defends hydroxychloroquine in Newsweek—badly

Yale epidemiology professor Harvey Risch published an embarrassingly bad op-ed in Newsweek defending hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. It reminded me how much acupuncture and hydroxychloroquine believers have in common.