MaddowBlog: Officials reportedly warned not to contradict Trump on untested meds
last night,"The rush to focus on unproven drugs also comes after months of lost opportunities to contain the spread of the outbreak. 'There'd be less focus on [hydroxychloroquine] now if we had planned better then,' said one official, who added that the drug is seen by some career scientists as a 'Hail Mary' effort to find a Covid-19 cure.
Oz," and Peter Navarro have all reportedly beenMaybe it's the undue influence of conservative mediayesterday noting that a variety of Fox News figures started floating quick fixes to the pandemic, including hydroxychloroquine, as early as March 12. Aadded today,"Fox host Laura Ingraham and two doctors who are regular on-air guests in what she dubs her 'medicine cabinet' visited the White House last Friday for a private meeting with Trump to talk up the drug.
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