White House aides were just as surprised as everyone else when President Trump mentioned he was taking a controversial drug to help ward off the coronavirus
, partially funded by the government and released in April, found hydroxychloroquine provided no benefit and led to a potentially higher risk of death for coronavirus patients at U.S. veterans hospitals. The research has not been peer reviewed and was not a clinical trial.
There’s no conclusive evidence that hydroxychloroquine is more effective in healthier patients, however. A second senior administration official said the president’s statement was a “deliberate one” and that even if aides did not have first-hand knowledge of his use before Monday, the president had been talking to many people who had used it and not suffered.
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