Opinion: Looks like Rudy Giuliani is now advising Trump on COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine. Yikes (via latimesopinion)
Trump has always been unusually welcoming to inexpert advice from perceived loyalists; witness the outsize role that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, plays in ... everything, including the pandemic response. But Trump is particularly susceptible now, because the positions advocated by mainstream medical experts and embraced by a growing number of governors are sending the United States over an economic cliff.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that eight out of 10 U.S. counties accounting for nearly 96% of U.S. GDP have ordered residents to shutter all nonessential activities, cutting the country’s daily output by. Last week, economic forecaster IHS Markit predicted that the U.S. economy would shrink by 26.5% in the April-June quarter — a reduction three times larger than the worst seen during the last recession.
So Trump is caught in a really tough position of having to battle a killer disease with weapons that are wrecking the livelihoods of millions of Americans. It’s a challenge that would test even a deft executive, and Trump is under a lot of pressure to find an approach to the coronavirus that’s less toxic to commerce than the stay-at-home orders have been.That’s where Giuliani and the other hydroxychloroquine advocates come in.
It’s certainly possible that hydroxychloroquine will prove to be the cure that Giuliani suggests that it is. Well, it will probably never be 100% effective, as Giuliani once claimed in a tweet that quoted another Trump supporter with no medical credentials, Charlie Kirk . But even if it’s effective in only 50% of the cases, that’s a heck of a lot better than where we are now.
The problem is that we don’t know anything about these drugs’ effectiveness against our current pandemic, at least not in a way the healthcare industry trusts. The skepticism from medical experts and the mainstream media stems from the fact that hydroxychloroquine hasn’t received any rigorous and scientifically testing yet as a treatment for COVID-19, although such
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Trump Administration Report Details Havoc For Hospitals Dealing With COVID-19Had Trump not downplayed the crisis for two months, critics say, hospitals might have been prepared for the pandemic.
Lire la suite »
As Trump Admin Tells States to ‘Do Your Part,’ Governors Ask What Trump Is DoingGovernors continued to lambast the Trump administration’s coronavirus negligence after the surgeon general told states to help manage the crisis.
Lire la suite »
Trump suggests hydroxychloroquine may protect against Covid-19. Researchers say there's no evidence of thatPresident Donald Trump has twice tested negative for the coronavirus, but during a briefing at the White House on Saturday, he said he 'may take' the drug hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19. He suggested it has protective effects against the novel coronavirus, although researchers say there's no evidence of that.
Lire la suite »