Uhm, perhaps I've missed something but I'm troubled by the statement "Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was used in the screen as a positive control of viral entry inhibition via the spike-ACE2 complex", given that hydroxychloroquine has been proven to be ineffective against Covid, ( https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(21)00523-4/fulltext )... How are they asserting that it's a "positive control" aka "some other treatment that is known to produce the expected effect"...
Is this some backhanded way of getting HCQ back on the "effective" list? And if they're using it improperly as a control, doesn't that sadly invalidate the study?
Please understand that I'm actually a believer in and student of Herbal medicine, but sadly know from experience how many false cures and panacea have been promoted.
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Uhm, perhaps I've missed something but I'm troubled by the statement "Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was used in the screen as a positive control of viral entry inhibition via the spike-ACE2 complex", given that hydroxychloroquine has been proven to be ineffective against Covid, ( https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(21)00523-4/fulltext )... How are they asserting that it's a "positive control" aka "some other treatment that is known to produce the expected effect"...
Is this some backhanded way of getting HCQ back on the "effective" list? And if they're using it improperly as a control, doesn't that sadly invalidate the study?
Please understand that I'm actually a believer in and student of Herbal medicine, but sadly know from experience how many false cures and panacea have been promoted.
So, have I missed or misunderstood something?