https://twitter.com/PriyankaPulla/status/1267097041114525696
This paper was submitted to the journal (run by ICMR) by the authors (all ICMR) on 28th may 2020, and has been published online on 31 May 2020.
Good to see a quick turn around given the pandemic.
"Data collection for this investigation was done during May 8-23, 2020"
The HCQ advisory was issued by ICMR on 22nd March 2020.
The results of this paper show the advisory in hindsight to have been a positive step as the data the authors indicate HCQ has a protective effect prophylactically
( I am not going into limitations of case-control studies here)
Senior leadership of the ICMR are co-authors. The paper in an ICMR journal based on data collected after the ICMR advisory was issued shows the advisory in positive light.
But NO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST statement?
@amarjesani how you would reflect on that as an editor?
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