White House pushes unproven drug for virus; doctors wary

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Medical officials warn that it’s dangerous to be hawking unproven remedies, and even Trump’s own experts have cautioned against it

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This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. Trump held out promise for hydroxychloroquine as he grasps for ways to sound hopeful in the face of a mounting death toll and with the worst weeks yet to come for the U.S.U.S.

The American Medical Association’s president, Dr. Patrice Harris, said she personally would not prescribe the drug for a coronavirus patient, saying the risks of severe side-effects were “great and too significant to downplay” without large studies showing the drug is safe and effective. Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.V., told reporters at the Capitol said Trump should “let the health professionals guide where we’re going to go.” She added that Trump’s rhetoric sometimes “goes off the rails a little bit, but you know that’s the way the president conducts business.”Hydroxychloroquine is officially approved for treating malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, not COVID-19.

Asked about his credentials for pushing the drug, Navarro cited his doctorate in social science and said that “in the fog of war, we might take more risks than we otherwise would.” “I’d bet on President Trump’s intuition on this one,” he added. On Sunday, he shared a video on social media of Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani interviewing a doctor who claimed he has successfully treated hundreds of coronavirus patients with the drugs.On March 16, Fox News ran a segment on a small French study promoting the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in treating the coronavirus. Hours later, attorney Gregory Rigano appeared on a prime time show and said evidence suggested that it could rid the body “completely” of the virus.

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FakeNews Hydroxychloroquine rated 'most effective therapy' by doctors for coronavirus: Global survey

Maybe he has money in that stock.

25TH AMENDMENT. Jesus Christ. Do it, already.

I think he’s doing this so when the mayors/governors refuse to use it, he can blame them for people’s deaths.

Just another tirade about 'the Dems' and all the terrible reporting he is seeing, fake news and how awful the press is. Not one word to the American people about how he hopes they are coping with this crisis and staying healthy.

Oil and Pharma. Trump must be still getting payouts from his cronies and desperately wants to help them out. As a NYC councillor said, 'he has blood on his hands' with this crisis.

They are making it available everywhere, it’s at the distorsion discrétion if he thinks it might help.. In some cases it has shown positive results. So why not? If it doesn’t work what have you lost...

The drug is saving lives.

'Doctor Trump's Magical Elixir! Only $64,499 a bottle! Available at fine carnivals and circuses everywhere!!' - New ad spot coming soon to Fox News.

Left wing Hate & Smear are wanting people to die, to cheer that Trump would be wrong. Disgusting Media

No ... a lot of positive reactions. Trudeau et al...slow as usual.

Lemme fix your headline. 'White House giving America and the world a glimmer of hope, more testing needed but promising results'. Get off the TDS train FFS.

I wonder how much $$$ getting from the drug company.

We need a leader like Trump in Canada. Not as rough but no nonesense

Survey says this is vaccine pushing propoganda! 6700 doctors world wide with hundreds of personal accounts each say otherwise. Only people fighting it are those in the pockets of big pharma. Pushing against this treatment should be seen as nothing other than treason

In Canada, we are asked to make homemade masks. Hmmm.....

Let's hope their not the same doctors looking after Boris Johnson!

how in the hell is this legal how?

6227 doctors surveyed across the world approve the 3 drug combo. Drop the orange man bad routine

very FakeNewsMedia go low global

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