Washington – President Donald trump today defended the custom it has made to promote the use of hydroxychloroquine – which has been used against malaria – as a potential treatment against coronavirus, although it is a matter that is still under study by the researchers.
Trump said that in cases where people are critically or terminally ill, they should consult their doctors about the possibility of being prescribed that drug.
“What do they have to lose?” He asked, mentioning that the drug was approved in emergency cases by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The US president often promotes hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment during his marathon coronavirus briefings. “There are powerful signs,” that it can work, he insisted on tonight’s briefing.
“What do I know, I am not a doctor, but I have common sense,” he said.
In another of those moments when he sends mixed messages, Trump – in answering a question – rejected that the fact that he talks about this treatment continuously represents what he is promoting.
As reported by The Washington Post, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has spoken to Trump on several occasions in favor of such treatment.
When a journalist asked federal epidemiologist Anthony Fauci about Trump’s expressions in today’s briefing, the President of the United States interrupted and said that the doctor had answered that on several occasions. Fauci preferred not to answer.
On several occasions, Fauci has cautioned that reports that hydroxychloroquine can curb the coronavirus are references to anecdotal studies only.
According to the Axios publication, Trump’s adviser for Trade Exchange and Manufacturing Public Policy, Peter Navarro, questioned Fauci on Saturday – at a meeting of the White House working group on the coronavirus – about his warnings that he should not There is medical evidence at this time that hydroxychloroquine can mitigate coronavirus disease.
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