Re:WHO inquiry chief 'had concerns' about lab close to first...
by SnowProblem on Friday August 13, 2021 @06:04PM
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The side effects of HCQ were very overstated. The first study [1] that was pushed by the media to discredit Trump saying HCQ might be dangerous to the heart was later retracted [2] because the authors refused to share its data. The best metaanalysis today shows HCQ works to treat COVID if used early and is safe at the right doses [3].
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/health/malaria-drug-trump...
[2] https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
Maybe UV could help in some way, but was this ever going to be a real solution? I highly doubt Aytu BioPharma was in a position to deliver anything meaningful at the volume and time-scale required.
Trump simply had no clue what a workable solution looked like. He broadcast to the world as the American President the ideas of the most recent crazy to have his ear (or one that he read on Twitter), and then got a bruised ego and doubled down when shown his ideas were worthless.
No propaganda there.