I wasn't referring to the Lancet. I was referring to the news stories I see when I read American news media. The criticisms of this study were not being reported at the time, while they were already known.
Nobody would really be talking about this treatment if Trump himself hadn't given a completely unjustified endorsement among the stream of misinformation he relayed in the early days of the pandemic. HCQ only ever had the thinnest scientific justification for study combined with huge political pressure. Further studies have shown very little in terms of effectiveness and the dangers were already known. The media has been giving Trump's nonsense far more credence than it ever deserves. Media reporting of the Lancet study and the fallout has been factual including the stopping of studies. The suspicious nature of the study is still nothing more than suspicious. There isn't proof that it's wrong. And the media most definitely have been reporting on the questions.
It hasn't top headline news since there's no resolution yet to the questions and because something else has been eating up too many headlines in the last week.
And, Trump has done himself no favors by constantly suggesting nonsense treatments like "strong flu vaccines" or injecting disinfectant. It's pretty conclusive at this point that he isn't very smart and his scientific opinions should be ignored and ridiculed.
The police in my city, Mumbai are taking Hydroxychloroquine. When they researched two sets of groups - those who took the drug as per the prescribed dosage, and those who didn't. The group that wasn't taking the drug had a few deaths, but the other group did not.
Anecdotal and small sample - but definite proof against the idea that "nobody would be talking about it". The drug is also used in Costa Rica and many other parts of the world.
A Jewish doctor in New Jersey - Dr. Vladimir Zelenko wrote to the President about the drug, which is assumed to be the origin of his interest with it. Here is The Daily Beast lambasting him for calling this same lancet study "garbage"
