Trump keeps touting an unproven coronavirus treatment. It’s now being tested on thousands in New York.
The push in the U.S. pandemic epicenter follows the president’s declaration that he ‘feels good’ about compounds with unproven efficacy, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine.
President Trump on March 20 played up the promise of a malaria drug to possibly treat coronavirus, saying, “What the hell do you have to lose?” (Reuters)
New York is moving at unprecedented speed and scale in a human experiment to distribute tens of thousands of doses of anti-malarial drugs to seriously ill patients, spurred by political leaders including President Trump to try a treatment that is not proved to be effective against the coronavirus.