Speaking on Sunday, Trump still did not appear concerned about the possibility that his misunderstanding of drug-development procedures could have real-world consequences
Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images As President Trump wades haphazardly into the worlds of public health and medicine with his daily coronavirus briefings, it appears he skipped the “do no harm” lesson of the Hippocratic oath. On Thursday, the president boasted of the potential for the drug hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus, saying that there’s been “very, very encouraging results” and that “we’re going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately.” When Dr.
Lupus patients [and] those with rheumatoid arthritis [are] suddenly confronting a lack of medication that safeguards them, and not only from the effects of those conditions. If they were required to take stronger drugs to suppress their immune systems, it could render them susceptible to more serious consequences should they get COVID-19.
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