Why do you jump to such an over-reaction. No one said Snopes knows more than every doctor or medical lab. What was posted was a link to Snopes which is not even their own product but rather a reprint from another website.
The story reported was a small French study that tested the drug combination and found no benefit at all. So apparently not every doctor is finding success. That is all the story reports. It is not a fact checking story. I have mentioned this unsuccessful trial in some previous posts, and have listed criticisms of why this negative report is also not convincing. The Snopes reprint also mentions other failure studies and other success studies. It concludes "questions remain as to the efficacy of this treatment"
No one here is saying hydroxychloroquine with or without other meds is useless. All we are saying it that it has not been proven to work. As for the post saying
"but I would hazard a guess that at this stage all hospitals are using it" I don't know what the number of hospitals using it might be. But I don't have to hazard a guess to tell you that your guess is wrong. I know an ICU director working in what they call "Covid Land" who is not using it.
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