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After mocking Trump for promoting hydroxychloroquine, journalists now acknowledge it might treat Coronavirus
Fox News ^ | 04/02/2020 | Gregg Re

Posted on 04/02/2020 8:42:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

After repeatedly mocking President Trump for suggesting on March 19 that hydroxychloroquine could be an effective treatment for coronavirus, media organizations have begun acknowledging that the drug -- now approved for emergency use to treat coronavirus by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- may be useful after all.

Journalists and top Democrats have beaten a similarly hasty retreat from their previous claims that Trump's ban on travel from China was both xenophobic and ineffective. But media outlets' misinformation on hydroxychloroquine was unique because it involved not simply policy disagreements but also suggestive medical advice and directives that could have dissuaded some from seeking certain treatments.

"Malaria Drug Helps Virus Patients Improve, in Small Study," The New York Times reported this week, adding: "A group of moderately ill people were given hydroxychloroquine, which appeared to ease their symptoms quickly, but more research is needed."

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, went from threatening doctors who prescribed the drug with "administrative action" to requesting that the federal government ship her state some. Other state leaders have followed suit, including Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, also a Democrat.

It wasn't always considered acceptable to use that kind of optimistic rhetoric, however.

"Trump peddles unsubstantiated hope in dark times," read a March 20 "analysis" by CNN's Stephen Collinson. Saying Trump was "adopting the audacity of false hope" and embracing "premature optimism," Collinson charged that "there's no doubt he overhyped the immediate prospects for the drug" because the FDA refused to give a timeline on approving the drug to treat coronavirus.

"Trump is giving people false hope of coronavirus cures. It’s all snake oil,"

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; hydroxychloroquine; journalists

1 posted on 04/02/2020 8:42:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The New York Times' Kurt Eichenwald's TWEET


2 posted on 04/02/2020 8:44:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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The journo-rats are Comcast and ATT minions.

NBC, MSNBC are Comcast
CNN is ATT


3 posted on 04/02/2020 8:47:34 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It will soon be racist to not use the drug.


4 posted on 04/02/2020 8:56:06 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: SeekAndFind

HCQ has a half-life of 30-50 days. The “Louisiana MD on frontlines” is an ignorant moron. Pts on HCQ for SLE or RA will do just fine for a month


5 posted on 04/02/2020 8:57:25 PM PDT by gasport (Pray for the people of Captive China)
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To: SeekAndFind

The three steps of the media when Trump is right are denial, reluctant acceptance, and then fabrication. Within a week they’ll be crediting Obama for its discovery.


6 posted on 04/02/2020 9:00:00 PM PDT by Spok
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To: Spok

You’re better off trying to get Fonzie to admit that he was “Wrrorrrrroorrr.”


7 posted on 04/02/2020 9:03:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump does it again...


8 posted on 04/02/2020 9:09:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Some of the folks around these parts have been sniffing super flu.<br>)
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To: Spok

Exactly right. Biden will be instrumental in its discovery


9 posted on 04/02/2020 9:21:59 PM PDT by pangaea6
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To: SeekAndFind

With so many people staying home, many scared out of their wits, hopefully there will be a substantial increase of people who see the press for what it is.

TAFNN &P - Treasonous American #FakeNews Networks & Publishers


10 posted on 04/02/2020 9:34:30 PM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: SeekAndFind

a web search seems to indicate that writing about hcq is banned at cnn unless it gives a negative viewpoint.


11 posted on 04/02/2020 11:06:56 PM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: SeekAndFind
""Trump is giving people false hope of coronavirus cures. It’s all snake oil,""

Odd! CNN didn't seem to have a problem with barry poppins "Hope & Change."


12 posted on 04/02/2020 11:46:10 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: SeekAndFind

Trump is like the Jack Bauer of politics.


13 posted on 04/03/2020 12:17:57 AM PDT by Anima Mundi (Breathes there a man with soul so dead...)
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To: SeekAndFind
I notice that the Orange Drug Bad crew never mentions azithromycin. Results from using the drug combo were much better than those from using HCQ alone.

I also notice that some docs, perhaps including those in the current New York trial, refuse to use the HCQ drug combo until the infection is advanced and the patient is hospitalized. I bet that will soon be called "malpractice".

14 posted on 04/03/2020 12:23:11 AM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: SeekAndFind
From Dr. Didier Raoult's organization:

https://www.mediterranee-infection.com/covid-19/

As of April 3rd, 1,818 COVID-19 patients have been treated with hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin. Among those who received over three days of treatment, only five died.

15 posted on 04/03/2020 1:01:00 AM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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To: SeekAndFind

L8r


16 posted on 04/03/2020 1:35:54 AM PDT by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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