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brooklynite

(93,851 posts)
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 10:25 PM Aug 2020

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

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Trump health official: Time to 'move on' from hydroxychloroquine (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2020 OP
How much of OUR money did Trump waste on chloroquine C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #1
Thought the Trump monster didn't believe in science!? He is No expert. That's been proven... Illumination Aug 2020 #2
Ah, there it is: the sign that Trump finally realizes he's blown it (again). Grokenstein Aug 2020 #3
Force feed that stockpile to Gohmert. He deserves all he can get. JDC Aug 2020 #4
Hassaaaa! Traildogbob Aug 2020 #6
But we're still going with the demon semen, aren't we? Midnight Writer Aug 2020 #5
Trump listens not to these people dawg day Aug 2020 #7
Yeah, ok fine... robbob Aug 2020 #8

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
3. Ah, there it is: the sign that Trump finally realizes he's blown it (again).
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 10:49 PM
Aug 2020

"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.

Traildogbob

(8,576 posts)
6. Hassaaaa!
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 11:53 PM
Aug 2020

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.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
7. Trump listens not to these people
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:13 AM
Aug 2020

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.

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