https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/22/trump-hydroxychloroquine-study-coronavirus
Trump stops hyping hydroxychloroquine after study shows no benefit
Fox News staffers also backed away from promoting drug after a recent US trial did not go well
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/coronavirus-live-coverage.html
https://thebulwark.com/why-is-trump-obsessed-with-hydroxychloroquine/http://
Speaking of which, the president of the United States has some things to tell you about the medicine hydroxychloroquine, which is used to treat malaria and lupus:
"We bought a tremendous amount of hydroxychloroquine, which I think is, you know, it’s a great malaria drug. It’s worked unbelievably.”
“I’m not a doctor. But I have common sense.”
Fail Imbecile, but that is what you get for being brainwashed by fake news
The initial results from a placebo-controlled trial of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 indicate that patients hospitalized with mild illness recovered more quickly with addition of the drug than with placebo at the start of a standard treatment. The results also suggest that hydroxychloroquine might convey some protection against the illness worsening.
Zhan Zhang, MD, of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and colleagues reported results from 62 patients randomized to receive either placebo or hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice daily for 5 days on admission in addition to standard treatment consisting of oxygen therapy, and unspecified regimens that could include antiviral and antibacterial agents, and immunoglobulin with or without corticosteroids.
"The data in this study revealed that after 5 days of hydroxychloroquine treatment, the symptoms of patients with COVID-19 were significantly relieved, manifesting as shorten(ing) in the recovery time for cough and fever," Zhang and colleagues reported.
