Trump health official: Time to 'move on' from hydroxychloroquine
Source: Politico
A top official in the Trump administration's Covid-19 response effort said Sunday there is no evidence that hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment for the virus, despite President Donald Trump's continued promotion of the anti-malaria drug.
In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," administration testing czar Brett Giroir said he could not recommend hydroxychloroquine because trials "do not show any benefit."
"We need to move on from that and talk about what is effective, Giroir, assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services said.
The warnings from administration officials have failed to dissuade the president from touting the treatment.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/02/trump-health-official-hydroxychloroquine-390601
C_U_L8R
(44,892 posts)And WHO did he pay ?
Illumination
(2,458 posts)Grokenstein
(5,707 posts)"We need to move on from that" is Trump for "I DUN WUNNA TAWK BOUT IT NO MORE."
It's the next thing this spectacular fuck-up will turn and stomp off-stage over.
JDC
(10,081 posts)Exactly my thought when I read the headline. When I got to your post I thought, have I already responded to this heading. And make him pay full price for the whole stockpile.
Midnight Writer
(21,546 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)He's spent many millions of our dollars on HCQ, got Kodak (why Kodak?) to start a new pharma division to make HCQ... he's not going to shut up about it.
robbob
(3,514 posts)Now tell your boss that.