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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/Wagamaga on 2024-01-05 11:22:40.

Original Title: Nearly 17,000 people may have died after taking hydroxycholoroquine during the first wave of COVID. The anti-malaria drug was prescribed to some patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic, “despite the absence of evidence documenting its clinical benefits,”