'My view of this now is that doctors' opinions are a dime a dozen,' Navarro said. 'And you've got some doctors who say it doesn't work, you've got some doctors who say it does.'
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday brushed aside the opinion of the administration's top public health officials as he defended a drug touted as a potential coronavirus cure by President Donald Trump despite a lack of evidence that it is effective.
"I take exception with Giroir's analysis. He hasn't looked at the data," said Navarro, who does not have a medical background, when asked on CNN about the remarks from Giroir, who is a pediatrician.criticized by medical experts Navarro also claimed a study showed hydroxychloroquine was more effective than remdesivir in treating COVID-19, but it was not clear what study he was referring to."My view of this now is that doctors' opinions are a dime a dozen," Navarro said."And you've got some doctors who say it doesn't work, you've got some doctors who say it does."
"It's not a both sides thing because the country has a way of approving treatments through broad studies that are blind and so on," Sciutto said.But there has not been two sides among the administration's top health officials, who have said the studies make it clear that hydroxychloroquine is not effective in treating COVID-19 – including Giroir, Dr.
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