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The main article about HCQ (hydroxychloroquine) is bitter and dismissive, exactly like the mainstream press's attitude toward the drug.

Fortunately, there are still sane people objecting to the ridiculous levels of slant and omission in the Wikipedia, on the "talk" page for the article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hydroxychloroquine

Hydroxychloroquine is an ionophore which transports zinc into cells and it is the zinc which attacks the virus. I have tried several times to link studies which explain that and they have been removed and I am beginning to feel there may be an agenda to keep Trump's zinc aspect from consideration and pretend only the hydroxycholoroquine by itself happens to be valid to consider in building a picture of Trump's action. That doesn't seem scientific. Soundhill (talk) 10:23, 20 May 2020 (UTC)>

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Why was this removed: "As of 8 May 2020, hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin plus zinc have been found to have effect against SARS-CoV-2 for patients in hospital but not yet in intensive care. "Zinc inhibits RNA dependent RNA polymerase, and has been shown to do this in vitro against SARS-CoV[13]. However, it is difficult to generate substantial intracellular concentrations of zinc, therefore prophylactic administration of zinc alone may not play a role against SarCoV-2[14]. When combined with a zinc ionophore, such as chloroquine (hydroxychloroquine), cellular uptake is increased making it more likely to achieve suitably elevated intracellular concentrations[15]. This combination is already being tested as a prophylactic regimen in a randomized clinical trial." [5]Soundhill (talk) 05:38, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

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There are quite a few reliable sources reporting that zinc/hydroxy/ziro combo is working differently and is alot more effective than hydroxy itself, and there seems to be some evidence backing it. (one ex. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroquine#Antiviral Chloroquine also seems to act as a zinc ionophore that allows extracellular zinc to enter the cell and inhibit viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.[4][5] )

While the NYU study is retrospective and not clinical trial so is the vetarns study. Leaving one and omitting other would be against Wiki bias policy.

The fact is that trump is taking the whole combo not just hydroxy, which make it relevant here (at least as much as the VA study which was a)on hydroxy itself b)people in late stages of corona c) people in critical conditions or ventilators). Before revereting again please explain your position here os talk page to avoid edit war. see link https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/18/trump-says-he-takes-hydroxychloroquine-to-prevent-coronavirus-infection.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Berkshires (talk • contribs) 20:28, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

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I have added mention of NYU study showing more favorable results when combining hydroxy with zinc. While the NYU study was retrospective, so was the study linking to higher death rates.. so to be fair, either both of them should be mentioned or neither of them. Berkshires (talk) 03:17, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

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Chloroquine Study at Henry Ford

Dear Wikipedia,

After consultation with many medical professionals and Boards of Directors of major hospitals your coverage of this potential drug shows your left wing bias, as you cite many studies that were not "clinical studies" but utilized data from multiple hospitals. To not even mention this study is journalistic malpractice. Count on no further contributions from me, but I will continue to use you as I get to spend your money.

Dr. Dale S. Steichen — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:782:4080:1DA:CD3:FD17:A78E:1F26 (talk) 21:03, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

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HCQ is a generic drug for many years and cheap. The billions to be made go to the vaccines and the Israeli antiviral. There is nothing sexy about HCQ; it's like chicken soup and Vitamin C. The profit motive is much greater, to suppress HCQ. Drsruli (talk) 00:44, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Of course arguing with those suffering from TDS does nothing except make them more determined than ever to distort or omit the truth.

Of course no one should ever donate to Wikipedia again, but that hardly matters because they are now awash in cash from anonymous sources who approve of their departure from a universally editable and neutral encyclopedia.