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US halts test of Trump-touted hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients
[Jpost] The US National Institutes of Health said on Saturday it has halted a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients.As I understand it, the evidence thus far strongly suggests it’s best used in the early stages to prevent the disease from progressing to the point where hospitalization is needed. The study found that hydroxychloroquine, which President Donald Trump...the Nailer of NAFTA... has frequently touted a possible treatment, did not provide any benefit to the patients, even though it did no harm, NIH said in a statement. Given that not long ago they were claiming the stuff was only useful for murdering the deathly ill, that’s a significant improvement. Earlier this week, the World Health Organization said testing of hydroxychloroquine in its large multi-country trial of treatments for COVID-19 patients had been halted after new data and studies showed no benefit.The US Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 on Monday. Trump had promoted the drug as a potential treatment, saying in March it could turn out to be "one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine" when used in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin. ...and zinc. Mustn't forget zinc, which is critical. Last month, in a surprise announcement, Trump said he was taking a course of hydroxychloroquine as a preventative after two White House aides tested positive for the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...that causes COVID-19. But it didn’t even cause him to blink, which only goes to show that he is Satan and immune to poisons, not that it is safe for anyone else.. NIH announced its trial of hydroxychloroquine, which is used to treat malaria and rheumatoid conditions such as arthritis, in April.Posted by: trailing wife 2020-06-21 |
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