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A clinical trial for hydroxychloroquine was performed and hailed by the leader of a large nation as a huge success. Perhaps the biggest success ever! In this trial only 292 people who received hydroxychloroquine died, compared to the placebo group, where 837 people died. A total of 3,024 people received hydroxychloroquine, and 11,536 received the placebo. Plot a graph that best communicates the results of this trial. Do you agree that these results show that hydroxychloroquine is a useful treatment for SARS-CoV-2?
The data given here is the clinical trial result of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2. The results indicate that 292 people died out of 3024 who received hydroxychloroquine compared to the placebo group, where 837 people died out of 11,536 received the placebo. The tabulated form of data and their corresponding percentage is given in the following table:
Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Group | Placebo | |||
No. of patients | Percentage | No. of patients | Percentage | |
Recovery | 2732 | 90.34 | 10699 | 92.74 |
Death | 292 | 9.66 | 837 | 7.26 |
Total | 3024 | 100 | 11536 | 100 |
The graph shown below represent the percentage recovery and death of patients received hydroxychloroquine treatment and the placebo treatment.
The percentage of reduction in the death by the treatment of hydroxychloroquine for SARS-CoV-2 infection is only '2.4%' as compared to the placebo group. This clinical trial data indicates, that the effect of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection is not very promising.