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Trump touts hydroxychloroquine as a cure for Covid-19. Don't believe the hype
The Gaurdian ^ | Mon 6 Apr 2020 14.33 EDT | Oliver Milman

Posted on 04/06/2020 1:00:52 PM PDT by snarkytart

Trump touts hydroxychloroquine as a cure for Covid-19. Don't believe the hype

The anti-malaria drug could be ‘one of the biggest game-changers’, Trump claimed, but there is no magic cure

Faced with a global coronavirus pandemic that is increasingly centered upon the US, Donald Trump has touted several drugs that he claims can help tackle the outbreak.

In March, the US president used a press conference to promote the use of hydroxychloroquine, a common anti-malaria drug, to treat Covid-19, saying: “I sure as hell think we ought to give it a try.”

Chloroquine: Trump's misleading claims spark hoarding and overdoses Read more He followed this with a tweet that claimed the use of the drug in combination with azithromycin, an antibiotic, could be “one of the biggest game-changers in the history of medicine”. On Sunday Trump again touted hydroxychloroquine, saying “there are some very strong, powerful signs” of its potential as a Covid-19 therapy.

Trump has been repeatedly contradicted by public health experts including his own top infectious diseases adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, who has warned that there is only “anecdotal evidence” that the drugs could be helpful.

Confronted with this disparity Trump, who has repeatedly made false and misleading assertions throughout the coronavirus crisis, responded by telling reporters that “I’m a smart guy” and “I’ve been right a lot”. The Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity have been promoting hydroxychloroquine on their shows.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2020election; corona; covid19; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; hydroxychloroquine; mediawingofthednc; olivermilman; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine
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1 posted on 04/06/2020 1:00:52 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

The left WANT this to not be true to make POTUS look bad.
Here’s a solution, if this drug is doesn’t help, then all the leftwing loons who get COVID19 better not take it.


2 posted on 04/06/2020 1:01:56 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

Can you say Zinc Ionophore?
Yes, I knew you could


3 posted on 04/06/2020 1:02:30 PM PDT by HangnJudge (China Lied, People died, Never Forget, this Decade's 9-11)
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To: snarkytart

You know this is gonna be an uphill battle for HCQ.

At 1 time it was speculated here on free Republic that if trump found a cure for cancer would the liberals believe him? I think we have the answer


4 posted on 04/06/2020 1:02:56 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: snarkytart

“Don’t believe the hype”

Yeah, f**k you, Gaurdian. You are all free not to take it.


5 posted on 04/06/2020 1:03:24 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: snarkytart

The Guardian only pushes doom and gloom. Good news doesn’t sell.


6 posted on 04/06/2020 1:03:33 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Congress is not made up of leaders however they are representatives of their voters.)
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To: snarkytart

This one plus some HIV drug plus some drug Germany is taking out of the woodwork show promise!


7 posted on 04/06/2020 1:03:56 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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“who has repeatedly made false and misleading assertions throughout the coronavirus crisis,”

Eff these c-suckers.

I ever get close to one of these sons a bitches...

Permanent horizontal.


8 posted on 04/06/2020 1:04:57 PM PDT by crz
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To: Balding_Eagle

You know this is gonna be an uphill battle for HCQ.

At 1 time it was speculated here on free Republic that if trump found a cure for cancer would the liberals believe him? I think we have the answer

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Yes we have. It’s utterly disgusting.


9 posted on 04/06/2020 1:05:18 PM PDT by snarkytart
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Why do the naysayers never propose a superior treatment?


10 posted on 04/06/2020 1:05:31 PM PDT by Paladin2
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LA doctor seeing success with hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19

https://abc7news.com/coronavirus-drug-covid-19-malaria-hydroxychloroquine/6079864/

11 posted on 04/06/2020 1:05:42 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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When an article doesn’t allow for comments you know that its propaganda.

The comments would interfere with the “message”.


12 posted on 04/06/2020 1:06:17 PM PDT by desertfreedom765
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Despite the emergency use order, the FDA has not conducted clinical trials to fully ascertain whether the drug is an effective treatment for Covid-19.

YES! Double-blind studies coming right up!

The double-blind test on the first parachutes went so well!

13 posted on 04/06/2020 1:06:40 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: crz

Can you imagine if Obama had said POSSIBLE GAME CHANGER and the results have been what they are so far? He’d win a second Nobel Prize...in Medicine.


14 posted on 04/06/2020 1:06:55 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

And Oliver will take them while shaking and hiding in the bathroom, sitting on his toilet.


15 posted on 04/06/2020 1:07:08 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: snarkytart

Misleading title stating “Trump said it’s a cure”

Then quotes Trump:

“The anti-malaria drug could be ‘one of the biggest game-changers’, Trump claimed, but there is no magic cure..”


16 posted on 04/06/2020 1:08:09 PM PDT by mikelets456
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I don’t care what the Connie’s at the Guardian think. if hydroxychloroquine ultimately is successful, they will give the credit to Fredo’s Brother anyway.


17 posted on 04/06/2020 1:09:13 PM PDT by Atticus
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Okay, if the doctors don’t believe the information then ensure that they, and their families, can’t get the drug.
Put up or shut up


18 posted on 04/06/2020 1:09:41 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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I suppose Dr. Fauci is such a grand genius, that he has changed the definition of anecdotal to, “scientific tests that do not meet the requirements of double blind clinical trials”.


19 posted on 04/06/2020 1:10:10 PM PDT by rbmillerjr
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To: snarkytart

several, not just one, test have shown that these 3 items (hq, antibiotic, plus zinc) as a treatment work very well

whether a mild-case should take them, is open to discussion, since most mild cases recover nicely anyway without medication. and because there are some possible side=effects from the hq.

i would leave that decision up to my personal physician.

but in serious cases (like hospital, pneumonia danger, etc)
this trifecta treatment right now is just about the only effective protocol we have.....so why the opposition?
its crazy!


20 posted on 04/06/2020 1:11:14 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they are excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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