Dr. Fauci recommends you don’t take Trump’s drug
Dr. Anthony Fauci said hydroxychloroquine, Trump’s favorite but totally unproven covid-19 treatment, is not an effective covid-19 treatment. The president is a snake oil salesman, he effectively said.
“The scientific data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy,” he told CNN, just short of telling Trump to stop promoting it from behind a White House podium. (Trump says he just finished a two-week course.) Fauci added that the drug likely poses cardiovascular dangers, echoing the FDA. Sales have reportedly nearly tripled since Trump started bringing it up.
In the same interview, Fauci said that he wears masks partially because the public needs to see leaders set a good example.
