They can’t quit even though it’s been proven to be harmful.
Trump's White House contradicting Trump's FDA on a vital health issue: https://t.co/76H3mQEZtL
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 28, 2020
New: Dr. Anthony Fauci tells me negative data on hydroxychloroquine is now “quite evident”.:
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 27, 2020
“I'm not so sure that it should be banned, but clearly the scientific data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy for it,” Fauci said. 1/
Trump on HCQ: "Here's my evidence: I get a lot of positive calls about it."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 25, 2020
WHO on HCQ: temporarily halting a massive trial of the drug in Covid-19 patients due to safety concerns after @TheLancet published a troubling study https://t.co/4z3DlyxJKz
He tags the head of the FDA, apparently hoping that maybe this tweet from a plastic surgeon will convince the agency that the drug is safe. https://t.co/9LWjpbxW0t
— Philip Bump (@pbump) May 24, 2020
Trump is re-tweeting posts about hydroxychloroquine from a doctor who calls Obama a “spy ringleader.” Trump is tagging the FDA commissioner directly. The post calls on the FDA to get rid of safety restrictions on HCQ. More on the Trump/FDA tightrope –> https://t.co/jCNy8rtXJ6 https://t.co/feSr6kVwuw
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) May 24, 2020
Seriously ill Covid-19 patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine were more likely to die or develop dangerous irregular heart rhythms, according to a large observational study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet https://t.co/sluLCkPww6
— CNN (@CNN) May 22, 2020
– 1 in 11 patients in the control group died
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) May 22, 2020
– 1 in 6 patients treated with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine alone died
– 1 in 5 treated with chloroquine and an antibiotic died
– 1 in 4 treated with hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic diedhttps://t.co/mLtnZCaEWg
Fact check: President Trump falsely denies FDA warning on hydroxychloroquine, baselessly alleges political bias in study https://t.co/Oc6Q3CUJR5 pic.twitter.com/l83GcWUFYy
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 20, 2020
Trump asserted without evidence that a study of veterans raising alarm about the drug was “false” and an “enemy statement,” even as his own government warned that the drug should be administered for COVID-19 only in a hospital or research setting https://t.co/bgxoCMw6Wd
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 19, 2020
Told that the FDA warned against using hydroxychloroquine for the coronavirus outside of a hospital or clinical trial, Trump said, "No, that's not what I was told. No."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 19, 2020
That is exactly what the FDA said. https://t.co/2EAQLiwAUe pic.twitter.com/gaTbJjwJFP
Trump on a study on hydroxychloroquine he doesn't identify: "There was a false study done." He said the drug was given to people who were "old" and "ready to die" and that the people who gave them the drug were "obviously not friends of the administration."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 19, 2020
This is just bonkers.
Trump says hydroxychloroquine has gotten a bad reputation "because I am promoting it."
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 19, 2020
"It was a Trump enemy statement," the president says, reiterating his view that if anyone raises concerns about chloroquines and adverse health impacts, it's meant to reflect on him, not be an independently-stated assertion. https://t.co/8KUP3Qf2W6
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 19, 2020
Trump continued this afternoon to baselessly suggest that poor study results on hydroxychloroquine are the result of anti-Trump bias. He said that in "the only bad survey" (?) the drug was given to people who were "almost dead," then added, "It was a Trump enemy statement."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 19, 2020
In the 1500 words of hydroxychloroquine, this likely got lost: Trump accused the VA doctors of rigging the study because they don't like him.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 18, 2020
"The only negative I've heard was the study where they gave it–was it the VA with, you know, people that aren't big Trump fans gave it."
Trump provides a two sentence summary of how GOP went from holding 43% of House seats w/more col grads than average before 2018 to 25% after: "Here's my evidence: I get a lot of positive calls about it. The only negative I've heard was the study." Open disdain for expertise https://t.co/XivQxELmDf
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) May 18, 2020
A new study — the largest of its kind — shows that hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Trump, does not work against Covid-19 and could cause heart problems https://t.co/EDmUAwTd4s
— CNN (@CNN) May 18, 2020
Against the advice of his medical advisors, Trump pushed a "miracle cure" for COVID that ended up killing people. https://t.co/jSOmYfJrFT
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 16, 2020
A new study — the largest of its kind — shows that hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Trump, does not work against Covid-19 and could cause heart problems.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 11, 2020
The study was published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, @elizcohencnn reports
The WH is proudly announcing that we’re sending millions of pills to Brazil that our OWN FDA has now warned against.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 31, 2020
Further down, it explains how the Brazilians will be doing the clinical trials on it.
So we’re using them as guinea pigs. pic.twitter.com/dJTKqqIEH7
With angry protestors on the streets in a dozen cities and scuffles with police just outside the White House, the president last night took the opportunity to share a message with the American public:
— Philip Bump (@pbump) May 30, 2020
The Dilbert guy joins Trump in endorsing a drug the FDA says is dangerous. pic.twitter.com/8h3Txm0QDl
Sad! 