Trump on unproven drug: What do you have to lose?; "AMA President, You could lose your life" [View all]

[riversedge]

Link to tweet

?s=20
gawd. I really do not know who will shut Trump down!


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ama-president-trump-hydroxychloroquine_n_5e8a9914c5b6e7d76c663197


NAVIRUS 04/06/2020 05:16 am ET Updated 5 hours ago
AMA President Has A Stark Warning About Trump’s Coronavirus Treatment Advice
The president suggested there’s nothing to lose by trying an anti-malarial drug for COVID-19. Doctors say you could lose your life.

By Josephine Harvey

Against the advice of medical experts, President Donald Trump again promoted the use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as treatment for coronavirus on Sunday, asking “What do you have to lose?” The American Medical Association’s top doctor says lives could be lost.

“There could be negative side effects,” said Dr. Patrice Harris, president of the AMA, during an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “There could be deaths. This is a new virus, and so we should not be promoting any medication or drug for any disease that has not been proven and approved by the FDA.”

Harris was asked to weigh in on the president’s optimistic remarks from a press conference earlier Sunday, during which he again touted the drug, despite repeated warnings from the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, that there is no strong evidence that it’s effective against coronavirus.

“What do you have to lose?” Trump asked during the White House briefing. “I want them to try it, and it may work and it may not work. But if it doesn’t work, there is nothing lost by doing it.”

According to the American Medical Association expert, there’s a lot to lose.

“You could lose your life,” Harris said. “It’s unproven. And so certainly there are some limited studies, as Dr. Fauci said. But at this point, we just don’t have the data to suggest that we should be using this medication for COVID-19.”.......................

Link to tweet

?s=20