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Swinging the pendulum: lessons learned from public discourse concerning hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19

Sebastian E. Sattuia Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-6828View further author information
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Jean W. Liewb Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8104-2450View further author information
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Elizabeth R. Graefc Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5973-3477View further author information
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Ariella Coler-Reillyd Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8549-6559View further author information
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Francis Berenbaume Department of Rheumatology, Sorbonne University, INSERM CRSA, AP-HP, Paris, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8252-7815View further author information
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Alí Duarte-Garcíaf Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1749-5719View further author information
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Carly Harrisong LupusChat, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-587XView further author information
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Maximilian F. Konigh Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-5255View further author information
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Peter Korsteni Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-5680View further author information
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Michael S. Putmanj Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9699-4000View further author information
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Philip C. Robinsonk University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3156-3418View further author information
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Emily Sirotichl Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada;m Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Toronto, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7087-8543View further author information
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Manuel F. Ugarte-Giln School of Medicine, Universidad Científica Del Sur and Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, PeruORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1728-1999View further author information
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Kate Webbo Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;p Francis Crick Institute, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-5946View further author information
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Kristen J. Youngq Division of Rheumatic Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8570-2228View further author information
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Alfred H.J. Kimr Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jeffrey A. Sparkss Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5556-4618View further author information
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Pages 659-666 | Received 29 May 2020, Accepted 03 Jul 2020, Published online: 11 Aug 2020

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Paulo Roberto Bignardi, Carolina Santos Vengrus, Bruno Matos Aquino & Alcindo Cerci Neto. (2021) Use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in patients with COVID-19: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Pathogens and Global Health 115:3, pages 139-150.
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Anna Bershteyn, Mark D. Schwartz, Lorna E. Thorpe, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Patricia Kissinger, Helen C. Stankiewicz Karita, Miriam K. Laufer, Risa M. Hoffman, Raphael J. Landovitz, Kristopher Paolino & Ruanne V. Barnabas. (2021) Taking a stand against the politicization of medical research: how ‘swinging the pendulum’ poses a hazard to clinical trials, study participants, and the progress of science. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology 17:1, pages 101-103.
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Sebastian E. Sattui, Elizabeth R. Graef, Jean W. Liew, Jeffrey A. Sparks & Alfred H.J Kim. (2021) Reply to ‘Taking a stand against the politicization of medical research: how “swinging the pendulum” poses a hazard to clinical trials, study participants, and the progress of science’. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology 17:1, pages 105-107.
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