[Republican Wildcat]

CNN

Comical any person affiliated with that network could have "fact check" associated with them.

[Migraine]

Fact check this. It’s my summer answer. Summer taking it, summer not.

[G Larry]

I’d like to see Schumer, Pelosi, and their ilk, in and out of the media sign a pledge that they will not take HCQ until proven under double blind studies.

[ClearCase_guy]

I’m not spending a lot of time with trash like this.

President Trump makes the claim that a lot of front line people are already using HCQ.

So they “fact check” him.

How?

By reviewing a lot of studies to explore the efficacy of HCQ.

That isn’t fact checking the President’s claim. At all.

[chopperk]

There have been numerous studies throughout the world on HCQ....I am sure the results are available since the reports named names. Haven’t American Medical Scientists reviewed the French, Germany, England and Australian test results that were published.. The physician in New York tested hundreds of patients using HCQ and Zinc Sulfate with amazing positive results. If I get virus, the New York doctor that did early positive testing is the first person I will call.

[enumerated]

President Trump could have just as easily advocated taking vitamin C to help ward off Covid19.

If he had, we would have been inundated with the same kinds of dire warnings about the potential dangers of taking vitamin C. There would be reports of people supposedly dying from it. We would be hearing how reckless it is for the President (not a doctor!) to be giving medical advice.

This whole “controversy” is stupid.

[fella]

I read about frontliners all over the world taking HQC weeks ago.

[DoodleDawg]

Fact Check: Are frontline workers taking Hydroxychloroquine to prevent Coronavirus as Trump claims?

So buried in the article is the answer - some are and some aren't. Had to dig for it.

[tinamina]

I saw a doctor on TV several weeks ago saying that he was treating Covid patients and was not afraid of getting infected because he was taking hydroxychloroquine.
After that I thought several other doctors saying that they would take it if they thought they might get infected

[aimhigh]

If Hydroxychloroquine is so dangerous, where are all the dead lupus patients?

[Mrs. Don-o]

I don't understand how they get people to lie like this. HCQ is being used all over the world both as a preventative and as a cure---- to prevent people being hospitalized.

And Fauci knew HCQ functioned this way against coronaviruses 15 years ago. His own department published that fact.

[yldstrk]

I would if it was me.

[JayGalt]

Sigh. I just went through this on Twitter. CDC/FDA are taking a politically motivated stance & the information on 1st responders & health care workers using the drug w/zinc as prophylaxis are being buried.

1. Sermo Reports: One-Quarter of Global Physicians Agree That Healthcare Workers Should Take Hydroxychloroquine to Prevent COVID-19 Infections; Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Prophylaxis and Even in Undiagnosed Suspected Patient Cases is Seen
Sermo’s Barometer studies have polled over 20,000 physicians globally regarding COVID-19 April 17, 2020 03:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200417005586/en/Sermo-Reports-One-Quarter-Global-Physicians-Agree-Healthcare

2. The Indian Council of Medical Research, under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has recommended chemoprophylaxis with hydroxychloroquine (400 mg twice on day 1, then 400 mg once a week thereafter) for asymptomatic health-care workers treating patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, and for asymptomatic household contacts of confirmed cases.

3. •There was a large COVID-19 exposure event at a long-term care hospital in Korea.
•Post-exposure prophylaxis using hydroxychloroquine was provided to 211 individuals.
•Disease development was successfully prevented without severe adverse events.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092485792030145X

[shanover]

The “fact check” thing is so asinine. I took this crisis very seriously in month one and all it is now is a clown show.

[CharlesWayneCT]

From the article:

“When asked about the President’s comments, Hernandez said that prior to these trials “there were likely health care workers before that were taking hydroxychloroquine.””

So the answer is, Yes, Trump was telling the truth.

There are trials where they are taking it, there are reports from around the world of health care workers taking it, and in this country, there are reports of health care workers taking it.

Does that mean they should take it? Nope. It doesn’t say one way or another. Trump has never said that health care workers SHOULD be taking it.