What's up with this Newsweek opinion article from the Yale epidemiologist re: hydroxychloroquine?

[bbernardini]

I'm noticing that the people who share that video of Drumpf's new favorite doctor are also big fans of this particular article. What, if anything, am I missing? Is he just another outlier? I noticed he says the drug has been politicized...then went on Laura Ingraham to talk about it.

[Miguelito Loveless]

1. Link?

[bbernardini]

2. Link:

Sorry, I was a little quick on the post button.

https://www.newsweek.com/key-defeating-covid-19-already-exists-we-need-start-using-it-opinion-1519535

[Miguelito Loveless]

3. Interesting...

The articles is a complete fluff piece for HCQ, and the comments strongly praise the doctor, with VERY few dissenting opinions. The comments are also rife with the usual conspiracy mongering about BigPharma suppressing the drug for profit, and Democrats wishing to discredit Trump.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. That doctor specializes in pancreatic cancer.

I suspect he's got an agenda of some kind, but I have no evidence. Maybe he's just an attention-seeker?

[Quixote1818]

5. He talks a lot about Brazil in that article so I looked up what was going on there

Complete contradiction to what he says and Brazil has a nutty President that was pushing for its use big time:

July 23rd

Brazil study finds no hydroxychloroquine benefit for COVID-19
https://news.yahoo.com/brazil-study-finds-no-hydroxychloroquine-benefit-covid-19-005415925.html