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Originally Posted by downquark1
Trump didn't pull this out of his ass (at least not quite). Some doctors were trying hydroxychloroquine because it's a cheap anti-viral agent and they are trying to stop a virus. Trump read this in some document, half remembered it and said it's a promising treatment.
It may very well do nothing or even be harmful in the cases of covid. But this idea is that it is somehow crazy to even consider it is bizarre.
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It’s not crazy to consider it, but he’s not considering it, he’s taking it - and, whether we like it or not, people see him as a role model and will emulate him, with potentially serious side-effects from something that has not been proven to work (and the knock on effect of lupus patients not being able to get hold of it).
If, after trials (like they are doing for vaccines), it was shown to work, fine - but that’s not what is happening here.