Chloroquine: Didier Raoult reveals the results of his study to Emmanuel Macron: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

He is THE most controversial doctor of the moment. Since declaring that chloroquine could be the most effective treatment for coronavirus, Didier Raoult has made as many allies as enemies. After having rallied to his cause Laeticia Hallyday, Christian Estrosi or even Jean-Marie Bigard and Eric Cantona, the specialist in infectious diseases received the visit of Emmanuel Macron "in the context of consultations conducted by the President of the Republic on therapeutic trials, before his televised address next Monday ", advances the entourage of the president to Les Echos.

A meeting which took place on Thursday April 9, 2020 in the premises of the IHU of Marseille around 7 p.m. According to information from our colleagues, the head of state has decided to move after being disappointed by “The concrete prospects of rapidly available treatments against the virus”, presented by the research teams of the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital (Val-de-Marne). During this surprise interview “Without political dimension”, still according to the Élysée Palace, Didier Raoult would have given Emmanuel Macron the results of his study performed on more than 1,000 patients, "estimating the91.7% efficiency of his treatment ".

Towards "recognition" of the treatment advocated by Didier Raoult

"You will see in the results that mortality is around 0.5% and that the cure rate is extremely high. This treatment has already been used by other AP-HM departments, with comparable results, independently of our team. We are pre-publishing the summary of this article in English and a table that summarizes all of our data so that this can possibly be used for political decisions ", explained the expert, reports The echoes. Following this interview, Professor Raoult announced that he would publicly release his latest study on chloroquine in a video.

If the Elysée insists that this visit did not represent "recognition" of the treatment put forward by the doctor, Doctor Kierzek estimated at the microphone of RTL thatshe "moves the debate, which had already been moved by Professor Raoult himself, from the medical and scientific field to the media and political field".

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