GOP Senator To Trump: Lift Malaria Drug Restrictions

April 10, 2020 Coronavirus, Republicans

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is sending President Trump a letter from hundreds of physicians urging him to ease restrictions on malaria medication that has grabbed headlines, despite scant evidence, as a potential treatment for the coronavirus.

Johnson said he decided to start gathering signatures for his letter over concerns that absent guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), doctors and hospitals “were reluctant to try” hydroxychloroquine.

“Patients deserve the Right to Try hydroxychloroquine. … It’s time to end the logjam of 30 million tablets of Hydroxychloroquine,” Johnson said in a pair of tweets on Friday.

Johnson last appeared on JMG when he urged Trump to reopen parts of the country, saying, “death is an unavoidable part of life.”

I’m asking President Trump to help patients access #HCQ to help fight back against #COVIDー19. Join me and sign the letter here: https://t.co/Z8RfQ5KtZT @realDonaldTrump

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) April 10, 2020

More than 700 doctors have already signed the letter to encourage @realdonaldtrump @POTUS to make #HCQ available for #COVID patients. Read and sign here: https://t.co/Z8RfQ5KtZT

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) April 10, 2020

Patients deserve the Right to Try hydroxychloroquine. I’m spearheading a campaign urging @realDonaldTrump to-

1) remove FDA restrictions so #HCQ can be used early on an out-patient basis

2) prohibit states from disciplining doctors for using it.https://t.co/e6vjYxZNvd

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) April 10, 2020

Doctors shouldn’t face disciplinary actions for prescribing hydroxychloroquine #HCQ to fight #COVID. Add your name to our letter to @POTUS in support of patients: https://t.co/Z8RfQ5sSBj

— Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) April 10, 2020