Distraction slide.
US stockpile stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine
June 17, 2020
The federal government is stuck with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine now that the US Food and Drug Administration has revoked permission for the drug to be distributed to treat coronavirus patients.
The government started stockpiling donated hydroxychloroquine in late March, after President Trump touted it as “very encouraging” and “very powerful” and a “game-changer.”
But Monday, the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization to use the drug to treat Covid-19, saying there was “no reason to believe” the drug was effective against the virus, and that it increased the risk of side effects, including heart problems.
That leaves the Strategic National Stockpile with 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, plus another 2 million doses of chloroquine, a related drug donated by Bayer, according to Carol Danko, a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Pills of Hydroxychloroquine sit on a tray at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on May 20, 2020. - US President Donald Trump announced May 18 he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for almost two weeks as a preventative measure against COVID-19. (Photo by GEORGE FREY / AFP) (Photo by GEORGE FREY/AFP via Getty Images)
FDA revokes authorization of drug Trump touted
Many public health experts point to all of this as an unfortunate chapter in the history of the pandemic thus far.
“Nationally, we put a great emphasis on one drug, hydroxychloroquine,” said David Holtgrave, the dean of the School of Public Health at the University at Albany, who co-authored a study of the drug as a treatment for coronavirus. “I worry that history will judge this as having over-invested in one treatment pathway as opposed to looking more broadly at a larger number of treatment candidates.”
Before the FDA revoked its authorization, the stockpile had already distributed 31 million doses. Novartis and Mylan donated doses of the drug to the stockpile.
“HHS is working with the companies that donated the product to determine the available options for the product that remains in the Strategic National Stockpile,” Danko wrote in a statement to CNN.
Hydroxychloroquine has been used for many years to treat diseases such as malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus. After President Trump started touting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19, patients with those illnesses reported having trouble finding the drug.
Last month, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn wrote that his agency’s decision to authorize hydroxychloroquine in March “was based on evaluation of the EUA criteria and the scientific evidence available at that time.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/health/hydroxychloroquine-national-stockpile/index.html
It's kinda fucked up that we are fighting (with memes) to save these guys from vaccines.
Helluva war.
Elon getting ready to abandon earth?
King of the Billionaire passengers?
"Fuck you all, figure it out?"
Elon's gone?
1st order of business. No more free speech.
Is there anyone who know how to participate in the chat alongside twitterspaces?
It's not accessible at all on the PC and very shitty on the Android Twitter app.
Anyone?
Getting a down payment for a seat on the Mars ship?
WWW
W+W+W
23+23+23 = 69
Kek
It's called agonal breathing. Unconscious + brain damage.
Move along, shill.