“Don’t PUT Words in my Mouth! I never meant or said that.”
This is a verbatim quote from you: ““Btw, the conclusion that you brought down from the Lancet, is only an Obserational Study.””
“Don’t ask questions”
questions are always encouraged. Ask away, any question you have. thats what I love about this forum. f someone feels like answering the will (for free! no charge!) Of course if they don’t thats fine too. bu questions are always ok.
” – go look at the NYU study yourself!”
I did
ready now
“Dr Z made a valid study which is apparently going to be published in about 2 weeks, it is a retrospective study, completely valid.”
He said that over 2 weeks ago. Looking forward.
“The use of the word “may” is an unwarranted understatement.”
I’m not sure if you read the study. The reason they put “may” is because the results are not so clear.
“In univariate analysis, the addition of zinc sulfate to hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin was not associated with a decrease in length of hospital stay, duration of mechanical ventilation, maximum oxygen flow rate, average oxygen flow rate, average fraction of inspired oxygen, or maximum fraction of inspired oxygen during hospitalization” It was only when they performed a bivariate logistic regression analysis, that they found a link. They also noted “after excluding all non-critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit, zinc sulfate no longer was found to be associated with a decrease in mortality” Whcih confirms the anecdotal data I’ve been mentioning.
None of this invalidates the study of course. IT very well MAY change prctice.
But Dr. Z’ so far has produced nothing. Which is the subject of the thread.
Reminder this thread isnt about whether HCQ helps (with zinc) Its whther everyone should prescribe it becasue Dr. Z said so.