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“Our physicians are already using it in our major hospitals for COVID patients. They also used it successfully in some cases against SARS which had a higher mortality rate. The president, as usual, has sharp instincts. He sees things that sometimes the intellectuals and the academics, they might get lost in some of the details, but he has sharp instincts about things, and he’s pushing to get millions of doses now into the United States.” – Laura Ingraham, referring to the malaria drug that Trump yesterday falsely claimed has been approved against coronavirus.
Trump said anti-malaria drug chloroquine had been approved and could be given to coronavirus patients by doctors with a prescription.
An FDA spokesperson said the drug had not been approved for use in Covid-19 patients.https://t.co/4bsHFHLpeX
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 19, 2020
BREAKING NEWS: The FDA Confirms That, As Usual, Trump Has No Idea What He’s Talking Abouthttps://t.co/WTjaO95weT https://t.co/Hsd4F7l1eA
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 19, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci throws cold water on Pres. Trump’s declaration that malaria drug chloroquine is a “game changer.” https://t.co/gQVCelJi2G
— ABC News (@ABC) March 20, 2020
You can hear how much Trump is dying to make exaggerated claims for this drug but was told not to. Fauci breaks in to clarify there was never a clinical trial for malaria.
— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) March 20, 2020
The FDA has issued a statement clarifying the chloroquine situation. Trump wrongly said the anti-malaria drug was approved for coronavirus. The FDA statement says there is no approved coronavirus treatment. 1/
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 19, 2020
The FDA says:
– It’s working with govt/academic entities already studying chloroquine for coronavirus
– It will continue to grant emergency compassionate use requests for another drug Trump mentioned, remdesivir, “but controlled clinical trials are needed” to test safety 2/— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 19, 2020