Posted on 03/31/2020 12:00:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday there was no evidence that a drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential miracle cure against COVID-19 was effective against the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Trump had said that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, could be among "the biggest game changers in the history of medicine" for its potential effects against COVID-19.
"The efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 patients has to date not been proved," a spokesman for the European Commission said on Tuesday, relaying an internal opinion from the European Medicine Agency.
The spokesman said there was also no evidence either of the positive effects of chloroquine, another malaria drug, which is also being tested for its possible use against COVID-19.
The U.S. Health and Human Services on Thursday listed hydroxychloroquine as a protected medical resource after Trump signed an executive order to prevent its hoarding and price gouging.
Hungary, a European Union member, last week banned the commercial export of hydroxychloroquine.
"As Hungary is one of the world's largest exporters of this ingredient, the protection and medical supply of the Hungarian population is now a priority," the government said..
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Think I’ll pass!
More crap. Distortion.
“The efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 patients has to date not been proved,”
That’s true enough, or perhaps debatable, but meaningless.
The FDA had authorized the use under Emergency Use Authorization which means the FDA determined its potential benefit is greater than potential risk.
That means there is evidence it will be efficacious.
One gets labeled by the articles he/she posts.
No proof it isn’t, either, retards. No one ever said there’s “proof”. There’s plenty of empirical evidence that it may help people get over the “hump” and survive. And not much downside in trying. The left are truly brain dead and a bunch of sick puppies.
This isn’t a dick pill or a cure for yellow toenail fungus. We don’t have ten years for a bunch of lazy government testing nerds to gaze at their navels while people who might be helped are dying.
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BINGO
There is no proof the EU is effective at anything useful, either.
Chances are they said no studies done.
Prove that there’s no proof, Mr EU. Give me mathematical certainty. I want hard data, with no conjectures, anecdotal evidence or plausibility arguments. And none of this “beyond reasonable doubt” nonsense.
Fakenews.
I’ve read some research on it too and there is no biological reason why it would be helpful. But if it is, wonderful.
francesco guarascio is from brussels and hates America.
https://mobile.twitter.com/fraguarascio?lang=en
Reuters + EU = Fake,Fake News!
The EU is absolutely correct! Therefore Europe has no need for hydroxychloroquine and Hungary has no reason to ban its export. So...why doesn’t the US take the ineffective medicine off the hands of the EU...at a substantial discount, of course!
BINGO!
Depends what definition of the word “proof” one means.
Lots of hopeless cases got better, or double-blind, random study under controlled conditions, peer reviewed and results duplicated.
Fools would rather see death than to see Trump to get any good press.
SeekAndFind is one of the original Nevertrumpers. I’m just saying.
Why is Hungary banning its export?
It seems that this country knows that she would need it on a mass scale DESPITE what the EU is saying.
i guess the EU cannot translate the words “could be”... could be, the EU will lead the world in medical discoveries...
It is better to try this, then it is to do nothing.
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