YET, ANOTHER OUTSTANDING “TEAM” PLAYER WITHIN THE CHINAVIRUS TASK-FORCE
Please refresh my memory, as to why folks like FAUCI, Birx, and this individual are on the “team”. Thanks, in advance.
Trump Testing Chief Brett Giroir Says To ‘Move On’ From Hydroxychloroquine
Adm. Brett Giroir, the Trump administration’s coronavirus testing czar, said Sunday that “we need to move on” from Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug that President Trump has frequently touted as a potential treatment for coronavirus even in the face of mounting evidence of its inefficiency or even harm.
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“Most physicians and prescribers are evidence-based and they’re not influenced by whatever is on Twitter or anything else. And the evidence just does not show Hydroxychloroquine is effective right now,” Giroir said on NBC’s Meet The Press.
While noting that the drug looked “very promising at first,” Giroir said that five randomized, controlled studies of the drug have failed to show any benefit to the drug and that “we don’t recommend that as a treatment.”
“We need to move on from that and talk about what is effective,” Giroir stated, pointing to more proven treatments like Remdesivir and steroids–which he said reduces mortality by 30%–as alternatives.
Giroir also expressed optimism about various ongoing trials of potential vaccines, saying that a vaccine “looks very promising right now”
The remarks bolster statements by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, during an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday that “the scientific data and the evidence… show consistently that Hydroxychloroquine is not effective in the treatment of coronavirus disease or Covid-19.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/08/02/trump-testing-chief-brett-giroir-says-to-move-on-from-hydroxychloroquine/#3945b377209f