Macron crește puternic în sondaje pe fondul crizei coronavirusului

Raoult's team examined a small number of patients, and chose which received treatment with the malaria drug and which did not. That breaks with standard practice in clinical trials of randomly assigning patients to treatment or control groups to avoid bias. The scientists also failed to collect full data from some patients, failing to follow the study protocol they had designed.

Some patients treated with hydroxychloroquine reportedly died of cardiac arrest, according to newspaper Le Point, raising serious concerns about the risks associated with the treatment.

Raoult was officially a member of the first scientific council set up by French President Emmanuel Macron to advise him on the coronavirus epidemic, although he stopped attending meetings after a disagreement over the level of screening and testing.

The government last week allowed chloroquine to be used under strict medical supervision in hospitals.

France Inter radio reported cases of patients threatening to sue hospitals if they don’t get chloroquine.

The resulting surge in demand at French pharmacies has alarmed experts who warn against overhyping unproven medicines, and fear there will be shortages for lupus patients who use chloroquine to avoid inflammations associated with their auto-immune disease.

Politically, Macron’s opponents are only too happy to use Raoult and his popularity to undermine the government’s message in the coronavirus crisis

“Didier Raoult is too unloved by all those beautiful persons [from the government] not to arouse interest,” said Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a leading far left opponent of Macron, on his blog.

Far-right leaders have also sided with Raoult, with National Rally leader Marine Le Pen saying that general practitioners should be allowed to prescribe chloroquine “right away,” and questioning the government’s assessment of the situation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/30/in-france-controversial-doctor-stirs-coronavirus-debate-156889