Here are some very important articles of note. Please take a look at them.
First is a mention of the www.respectfulinsolence.com blog site that annihilates the recent arguments for hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19. He has four pertinent entries debunking the HCQ push:
July 24 "Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch defends hydroxychloroquine in Newsweek -- badly"
July 29 "Hydroxychloroquine: The Black Knight of treatments for COVID-19"
August 17 "The astroturf effort promoting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 continues apace"
August 31 "The 'only 6%' gambit: The latest viral COVID-19 disinformation"
These four pieces by "Orac" absolutely clear up any misconceptions and annihilate the pro HCQ disinformation.
Second, I recommend reviewing both the initial reports by Penn State's Dr. Wayne Sebastianelli and the follow-up "clarification" reported on by Timothy Rapp in the September 3 Bleacher Report. Of course Dr. Sebastianelli is walking on eggs here. The Big 10 reportedly is trying to walk back its postponement of football until the spring. Evidently they want a crack at that playoff money.
Finally, Thomas Smith of Elemental contributed "A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 -- and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged." This piece is also available through Medium.com.
These are great, critical articles to keep abreast of the pandemic. I especially appreciated the August 17 Orac blog entry because it addressed some of the content of my "Analyzing Louie Gohmert" entries in this blog. Gohmert repeatedly mentioned the numbers debunked in the August 17 piece.
Stay safe.
Bob Dietz
September 5, 2020
