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Articles tagged with: Hydroxychloroquine
CLAIM REVIEWS
Claim that hydroxychloroquine is an effective early treatment for COVID-19 isn’t supported by evidence from clinical trials
CLAIM
“The FDA hid the evidence that HCQ [hydroxychloroquine] was effective in the early treatment of the disease. Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of this lie.”
SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Harvey Risch, Gateway Pundit
Published: 25 Sep 2022
VERDICT
Fauci’s emails don’t support viral claims on masks, hydroxychloroquine and virus engineering
CLAIM
Fauci’s emails prove he knew that masks don’t work against the spread of COVID-19, that hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19, and that the virus is likely engineered, and he lied about these things to the public
SOURCE: Social media users, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter
Published: 10 Jun 2021
VERDICT
COVID-19 PCR tests are highly sensitive and specific for the virus SARS-CoV-2; the majority of positive results are true positives; there is no evidence that budesonide or HCQ are useful as COVID-19 treatments
CLAIM
Models that predicted that COVID-19 would cause 2.2 million deaths in the U.S. were intentionally false; treatments that are 100% effective are being banned for false reasons
SOURCE: Clay Clark, Rob Marsh, Richard Bartlett, Keith Rose, American Media Periscope
Published: 01 Jun 2021
VERDICT
Vaccines are useful even when there is a treatment for a disease, contrary to claim by Lee Merritt in The New American video
CLAIM
“We have vaccines because we didn't have treatment for smallpox and it was a very deadly disease that made sense to have a vaccine. [...] but [COVID-19]? Even without doing anything, this disease has a 99.991[%] chance of survival.”
SOURCE: Lee Merritt, The New American
Published: 04 Feb 2021
VERDICT
The American Journal of Medicine didn’t recommend hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19; scientific evidence doesn’t show hydroxychloroquine is effective against COVID-19
CLAIM
The “American Journal of Medicine admit their stand on [hydroxychloroquine] was wrong“; it “published evidence that hydroxychloroquine is effective for preventing COVID-19“
SOURCE: Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit
Published: 03 Feb 2021
VERDICT
The American Medical Association does not reject nor support hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, nor did it change its position on the use matter
CLAIM
The AMA “reversed course”, now “giving the green light to doctors prescribing HCQ to their COVID patients.”
SOURCE: Brian C. Joondeph, American Thinker
Published: 22 Dec 2020
VERDICT
Flawed “study” incorrectly claims that countries adopting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 experienced reduced mortality rates
CLAIM
Large country-randomized controlled trial in 2.7 billion people shows 79.1% lower death rate in COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine
SOURCE: Anonymous, CovidAnalysis
Published: 17 Aug 2020
VERDICT
Hydroxychloroquine, alone or in combination with azithromycin, found ineffective for treating COVID-19 in large clinical trials
CLAIM
“Hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and zinc cure [COVID-19]”
SOURCE: Facebook users, Facebook
Published: 07 Aug 2020
VERDICT
Still no evidence that hydroxychloroquine can cure or prevent COVID-19
CLAIM
“You don’t need masks, there is a cure [for COVID-19] ... It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax”
SOURCE: America’s Frontline Doctors , Breitbart
Published: 31 Jul 2020
VERDICT
No scientific evidence indicates that cannabis can prevent or cure COVID-19 in patients
CLAIM
“Cannabis is more effective at preventing and treating COVID-19 than hydroxychloroquine”
SOURCE: Tristan Greene, The Next Web
Published: 30 Jun 2020
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INSIGHTS
Computing Forever interview with Dolores Cahill contains numerous inaccuracies about COVID-19 and vaccines
— 22 May 2020
This video, first published on 11 May 2020, features an interview between Dave Cullen, also known as Computing Forever on YouTube, and Dolores Cahill, a professor at University Col...
“Plandemic” vignette featuring anti-vaccination activist Judy Mikovits contains numerous false and unsupported claims about COVID-19
— 08 May 2020
This video is the first in a series of vignettes preceding a movie titled “Plandemic”. First published on 5 May 2020, it quickly went viral on Facebook, with more than 2.2 mill...