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Research on the benefits of Hydroxychloroquine has been ignored, buried, and forgotten; why you ask?
BY SIMONE J. SMITH
There has been a lot of concern about science being distorted by the drug and device industries that fund the vast majority of research. There are a lot of remedies for this problem — disclosure is just one of them, and that is what I am going to do today; disclose and uncover research about a drug that has been made to be complicated and controversial
The US Food and Drug Administration issued an Early Use Authorization for the use of hydroxychloroquine as treatment for COVID-19 on March 28th, 2020, which was later, revoked on June 15th, 2020, following further examination of preliminary data. July 2020, FDA cautions against use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for COVID-19 outside of the hospital setting, or a clinical trial due to risk of heart rhythm problems.
Interestingly enough, they did not revoke the COVID-19 inoculation, which has proved to cause myocarditis, and other heart related problems; something to consider as you make your way through this article.
November 2020 a National Institutes of Health clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) formally concluded that the drug provided no clinical benefit to hospitalized patients. Though found not to cause harm, early findings in June when the trial was stopped indicated that the drug was not improving outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
April 2021, WHO released a report stating that they did not recommend hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19. This recommendation was based on six trials with more than 6,000 participants who did not have COVID-19 and received hydroxychloroquine. Using hydroxychloroquine for prevention had little or no effect on preventing illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19. In their report, they found that taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19 might increase the risk of: diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, drowsiness and headache.
The use of Chloroquine sparked an avalanche of studies, many of which are now completed and are being reported in the scientific literature. These trials, including the study reported in this issue of JAMA, demonstrate the lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in patients with COVID-19.
What is clear from all of this is that science and politics do not mix. Science, by definition, requires diligence and an honest assessment of findings: politics not so much. The number of articles in the peer-reviewed literature over the last several months that have consistently and convincingly demonstrated the lack of efficacy of natural cures for COVID-19 demonstrates the consequence of the irresponsible infusion of politics into the world of scientific evidence and discourse.
Now, I was not entirely surprised when I found a peer-reviewed article in the Virology Journal released in August 22nd, 2005 titled “Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread,”
In the report they found that Chloroquine had strong antiviral effects on SARS-CoV infection of primate cells. These inhibitory effects were observed when the cells were treated with the drug either before or after exposure to the virus, suggesting both prophylactic and therapeutic advantage. Chloroquine negatively influences the virus-receptor binding resulting in the inhibition of infection and spread of SARS CoV at clinically admissible concentrations.
The conclusion: Chloroquine is effective in preventing the spread of SARS CoV in cell culture. Favourable inhibition of virus spread was observed when the cells were either treated with Chloroquine prior to, or after SARS CoV infection.
Chloroquine has been widely used to treat human diseases, such as: malaria, amoebiosis, HIV, and autoimmune diseases, without significant detrimental side effects
Dr Stella Immanuel, and Dr Zev Zelenko are two doctors that I had a chance to speak to during the early stages of the pandemic. Their reports on the use of Chloroquine strongly resemble the early research published by the Virology Journal, but they were ridiculed, chastised, and discredited for their well-researched, and implemented strategy that saved many lives.
So, why has research studies like this been largely ignored? It is something that we as critical thinkers need to really look into.