Posted on 08/02/2020 8:35:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON — Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health who coordinates the administration’s coronavirus testing, said Sunday that there is no evidence that hydroxychloroquine is an “effective” treatment for COVID-19, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated boosting of the drug over objections from experts.
In an interview on “Meet the Press,” Giroir did not specifically mention the president, but he made clear that the scientific consensus is that the drug does not help treat the disease.
“Most physicians and prescribers are evidence-based and they’re not influenced by whatever is on Twitter or anything else. And the evidence just does not show hydroxychloroquine is effective right now,” he said.
“We need to move on from that and talk about what is effective,” he added, pointing to public hygiene measures like hand-washing and mask-wearing, as well as treatments like the drug remdesivir and steroids.
"At this point in time, there has been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine. So, at this point in time, we don't recommend that as a treatment."
Since the early days of the pandemic, Trump has promoted his belief that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, could help treat the disease. In May, he said he took the unproven treatment for two weeks prophylactically.
While the Food and Drug Administration briefly issued the drug an emergency use authorization that allowed it to be used as treatment for COVID-19, the FDA withdrew that authorization in June. In removing the authorization, it pointed to “a large, randomized clinical trial in hospitalized patients that found these medicines showed no benefit for decreasing the likelihood of death or speeding recovery.”
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So strange
The science is settled?
Yep, no evidence at all.
It’s always “settled” when it’s what the left wants.
Hydroxychloroquine + zinc doesn’t cure Coronavirus like Carbon Dioxide causes Global Warming.
Put on your mask and goggles, and get in your basement peasant!
Fire his ass. Now.
“...Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health...”
Brett Giroir, soon to be former assistant secretary for health...
There.....
Very reminiscent of the Soviet Union and the Nazi regime. What the powerful want to be true is what’s true. The incredibly expensive drug works. The very cheap one doesn’t. Epstein hung himself. The election was stolen from Hillary. Social distancing saves lives unless it’s for a protest and then the virus doesn’t apply there.
Right is wrong. Wrong is right.
Half the country has gone mad
Another useless appointee of this administration. Who is undermining PDJT with this continuing mess?
You can’t appoint conservatives if you don’t know any. Jared isn’t going to find them.
RE: Yep, no evidence at all.
That study you cited was for SARS-COV-1 in 2005.
These jerks can always argue (and they have) that SARS-COV-1 is not the same as SARS-COV-2 ( which we are dealing with right now ).
I thought it only worked on god fearing republicans and made things worse for satan worshipping demonrats??
link to a 2005 report Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread. 4 of the Doctors authors were employed by the CDC in Atlanta at the time
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16115318/
If I can Google and find this information back in late January, why is there even a discussion with the medical field.
This is BS!
Lots of evidence in favor of HCQ+zinc +Zithromax.
HCQ alone - different story.
*Watch the parsing these people use.*
1 mm people in a slum in India and 1 case
Why?
HCQ early
Exactly!
Fauci’s own group published on the positive treatment of corona viruses with HCQ + zinc, In 2005 for Heaven’s sake.
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