매체는 사망자만을 놓고 분석했을 경우 하이드록시클로로퀸 복용자 중 사망률은 2.8%이고, 복용하지 않은 환자의 사망률은 4.6%로 다소 낮았지만 통계적으로 큰 차이는 아니라고 지적했다.
The media pointed out that when analyzed only for deaths, the mortality rate among hydroxychloroquine users was 2.8%, and the mortality rate of patients who did not take it was 4.6%, but it was not a big statistical difference.