Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
No benefit, higher death rate for malaria drug in coronavirus study

The criticism of Trump for getting ahead of studies on this appear to be a valid one. I think it’s good to talk about promising new drug treatments but over selling something is another thing.




Laura Ingraham was all over this in the first 22 minutes of her show, with several doctors and researchers well versed in prescribing hydroxychloroquine. They rip apart the above study as specious and not peer-reviewed, and prescribing a dosage so low as to guarantee it would not be effective.

But because is a study of hydroxychloroquine that bashes a drug that Trump discussed as "a promising new drug" the liberal media jumped on it and hyped this negative review of the drug without any responsible scrutiny of the study. It fit their partisan agenda.