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Yeah, Cavuto is a jerk. Oh, he’s surely entitled to his opinions on politics in general, and Trump in particular. But he’s not entitled to his own facts. One fact is that HCQ has been used by tens of millions of people over the last 65 years for malaria, lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis, and if it was dangerous the FDA would long ago have pulled it.

If it was dangerous, why would WHO have it on the list of the 100 most important drugs available ON THE WHOLE FREAKING PLANET?

Here’s another one for you: my mother has R.A. and has been taking HCQ daily for 5 years. This, with a pre-existing heart arrhythmia problem. No heart issues AT ALL, and no issues with her retinas (she gets checked quarterly for that). The fact that Cavuto has missed (I believe on purpose, for political reasons, because it is so damned easy to find this stuff out in minutes) is that ALL of the problems with HCQ (except nausea and diarrhea) are LONG TERM problems. People prescribed HCQ for the Wu Flu only get it for 4 or 5 days - I would literally be surprised if more than 1 or 2 in a million people experienced anything beyond those mild, temporary symptoms for such a short course of treatment.

Cavuto is an intellectual lightweight, and not even a very good one of those.