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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump and Fox went all-in on a coronavirus silver bullet. But maybe the wrong one.
There is not, as of writing, any medication that has been shown in controlled trials to significantly hasten recovery from covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus thats become a global pandemic. Last week, there were nonetheless some new developments on that front. One drug seems to show signs of promise. Another has seen red flags raised.
The one thats raised hopes isnt the one that President Trump has been hyping.
Again: It is not the case that we have new, incontrovertible proof of a drugs efficacy. But news of a trial demonstrating some benefit for covid-19 patients from the anti-viral drug remdesivir helped push the stock market higher on Friday. A report from the National Institutes of Health further suggested the drug had halted the progression of covid-19 at least in monkeys.
For the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, the news was less positive. Theres still no demonstrated evidence that improvements after taking the drug are causal. A number of controlled studies in fact failed to demonstrate evidence that hydroxychloroquine or a related drug, chloroquine, had an effect on the disease. A New York family blames the drug for causing their mothers heart attack an unproven claim but one in line with concerns about use of the drug. The CIA even warned its employees about using the drug due to the possibility of sudden cardiac death.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-fox-went-all-in-on-a-coronavirus-silver-bullet-but-maybe-the-wrong-one/ar-BB12RNVi?li=BBnb7Kz
Heckuva job Trumpy
idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)42bambi
(1,753 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Dont know him.
Never met him.
If you say I talked it up I say you are fake news.
Didnt happen.
Next!
Shermann
(7,423 posts)Same great taste.
samnsara
(17,625 posts)..scary, scary stuff....