Lots of hydroxychloroquine studies or preprints have been published, and they mostly observe that the effect is close to zero (in good or in bad), either because there is no effect, or the study size was too small to detect other than large effects. But this now infamous study was the only one to suggest a clear and large negative effect.
So, if hydroxychloroquine is not effective, what explains an extremely low COVID death rate such as what Bangladesh (a country with endemic Malaria [1]) has?
It really worries me how people are aggressively framing the pandemic as something in the past, and using talking points that are based on a month or two ago. It's necessary to pay attention to what's been happening in May and June.
Bangladesh indeed has a much lower case and death rate so far than the hardest hit countries. But the number of daily new cases is rapidly increasing and in fact is now within the top 10 countries in the whole world. Total cases are increasing 5% a day, which is among the highest growth rates.
