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Re:Widely disseminated hydroxychlroquine study retracted by ... by javagram on Thursday June 04, 2020 @06:52PM (#23422928)
Trump promoted it in a press conference, which prompted world-wide interest. Elon Musk also promoted it https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1239650597906898947?s=20

Background:

* https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/health/trump-hydroxychlor... “ Trump Calls This Drug a ‘Game Changer.’ Doctors Aren’t So Sure: The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has become a political litmus test. But doctors on the front lines of coronavirus say it’s just another tool in desperate times.”

* https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/25/us/coronavirus-trump-chlo... “ Prescriptions Surged as Trump Praised Drugs in Coronavirus Fight: Prescriptions for two antimalarial drugs jumped by 46 times the average when the president promoted them on TV. There’s no proof they work against Covid-19.”

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