There's 'no evidence' to show the anti-malarial drug is effective in treating COVID-19, Adm. Brett Giroir said.
Trump has repeatedly undermined his administration’s public health officials by peddling hydroxychloroquine as an effective treatment for COVID-19. He said in May that he had been taking the unproven drug to prevent contracting the virus.who call themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors” decrying coronavirus restrictions and claiming that hydroxychloroquine cures COVID-19. The video was removed by Twitter for violating its rules on spreading misinformation about the coronavirus.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert and a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said Wednesday that clinical trials haveshown that the drug is not effective in treating COVID-19. What’s more, the FDA has warned that the drug can lead to fatal heart arrhythmia in some patients.
Giroir called on the U.S. to “move on” from hydroxychloroquine and focus on what has been proven to be effective in slowing the spread of the virus: wearing face coverings, washing your hands and avoiding crowds. “We know that if you get COVID now, your chances of dying are incredibly less than they were in April because our health care providers know how to treat it better,” he said. “We have effective therapies like remdesivir and steroids, promising therapies like immune plasma, and a vaccine really on the horizon.”
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