Sunday, April 12, 2020

Sowing fear and distrust about hydroxychloroquine

While the media, including NPR, try to frighten people about "unproven" emergency use of Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine here's what CDC says about therapeutic options:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/therapeutic-options.html? which links to the authorization of its use while clinical trials are performed. It won't harm anyone, and could help many based on trials in other countries. The media hate Trump so much they will try anything:

"On February 4, 2020, pursuant to Section 564(b)(1)(C) of the Act, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determined that there is a public health emergency that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad, and that involves the virus that causes COVID-19.3 ,4 Pursuant to Section 564 of the Act, and on the basis of such determination, the Secretary of HHS . . . Based upon limited in-vitro and anecdotal clinical data in case series, chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate are currently recommended for treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in several countries, and a number of national guidelines report incorporating recommendations regarding use of chloroquine phosphate or hydroxychloroquine sulfate in the setting of COVID-19. FDA encourages the conduct and participation in randomized controlled clinical trials that may produce evidence concerning the effectiveness of these products in treating COVID-19. FDA is issuing this EUA to facilitate the availability of chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate during the COVID-19 pandemic to treat patients for whom a clinical trial is not available, or participation is not feasible. "

Also notice the date. Feb. 4. While Democrats and their media arms were calling Trump a racist for attempting to limit entry to our country by infected people.

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