Thread by @EricTopol, Adding to the above slide of no evidence, update today:@NIH panel recommends [...]

Adding to the above slide of no evidence, update today:
@NIH panel recommends against Hydroxychloroquine (H) and Azithromycin (A)
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/21/840341224/nih-panel-recommends-against-drug-combination-trump-has-promoted-for-covid-19 @NPR
and
@DeptVetAffairs study: higher death rate for H
https://endpts.com/va-study-spotlights-higher-death-rate-among-covid-19-patients-treated-with-the-controversial-drug-hydroxychloroquine/ @endpts

VA study spotlights higher death rate among Covid-19 patients treated with the controversial drug...

Just weeks following the FDA's emergency approval of hydroxychloroquine after President Trump repeatedly advocated its use for Covid-19, new data from a quick VA study highlighted an added risk of...

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/21/840341224/nih-panel-recommends-against-drug-combination-trump-has-promoted-for-covid-19

Remember when @POTUS cited the French paper for H + A and that everyone should take it, "nothing to lose"?
He probably wouldn't cite this one from today.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20065920v1.full.pdf by @uvahealthnews
(both not RCTs)

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