Trump's Virus Drug Whim Costs Millions, Even as the Mania Wanes
Source: Bloomberg
President Donald Trump has stopped talking about the decades-old antimalarial drug he once touted as a “game changer” for Covid-19, but it won’t be as simple for the rest of the health system to just move on.
When Trump first began touting the drug in mid-March, a frenzy ensued as hospitals, patients and doctors raced to secure supplies. Many believed even if the drug didn’t turn out to be an effective coronavirus treatment, it might be able to ward off infection.
But as quickly as pharmacies were drained of the pills, the tide has now turned against hydroxychloroquine and its chemical cousin, chloroquine. Regulators and scientists have raised concerns about potentially serious side effects, while Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antiviral therapy remdesivir was cleared for U.S. use. Some hospitals, including Mount Sinai Health System in New York, no longer include the drug in their treatment regimen for Covid-19.
The surge resulted in shortages that left patients who’d long taken the medication to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis hunting for alternatives. To help get more drugs to market, the Food and Drug Administration has allowed overseas manufacturing facilities that were previously sanctioned for quality violations to begin producing it for U.S. patients.
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There are so many things that Trump does in a week, which should be fatal to his Presidency, save for the willingness of the Republican party back by RW media to repeatedly cover for Trump. Trump would not be able to get away with anything, but for McConnell and Fox News.
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I don't blame you for not stopping them, they sound like so much fun! 
If that is a shocking thing to read, then you are one of them?
