Why is DJT so obsessed with pushing hydroxychloroquine?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well now we know why Trump keeps pushing this. He has a stake in the company. He has an interest in Sanofi, the French drugmaker that makes the drug. Like they say, follow the money. Oh, and major republican donors and Wilbur Ross have major stakes in the company. Silly us, we thought he just suggested it because he wanted to save lives.

Nice try.

Sure I believe trump now. He and those around him would never lie. I wonder how many millions he is making off this? I bet he is selling ventilators and fake n95.

[Anonymous]

ooops

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ooops

.....In ONE case.

I'll take those odds. And, if I become afflicted with this virus, I would not hesitate to ask my doctor to prescribe this medication.

[Anonymous]

“The story of how hydroxychloroquine was anointed the Trump administration’s miracle drug for the coronavirus pandemic is a distinctly modern tale of misinformation within a global information ecosystem beset by widespread uncertainty, fear, media fragmentation and hyper-partisanship. Belief in the drug’s potential to cure patients infected with the virus followed an extraordinary trajectory from a small study conducted in France (Trump’s “very good test”) to Silicon Valley social media influencers, Fox News and the largest bully pulpit: the White House.”
https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/hydroxychloroquine-trump-coronavirus-drug?__twitter_impression=true

[Anonymous]

Publisher of hydroxychloroquine study touted by Trump says the research didn't meet its standards
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/health/drug-hydroxychloroquine-french-study/index.html

[Anonymous]

‘Dark money’ groups pushed Trump to back unproven COVID-19 treatment

“A conservative “dark money” group that received funding from the pharmaceutical industry’s largest trade organization pushed President Donald Trump to use unproven antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 and make it more widely available.

Last month, the conservative nonprofit group Job Creators Network collaborated with health care nonprofit Physicians for Reform to launch an online petition, a series of Facebook ads and a mass text message campaign urging Trump to make hydroxychloroquine available to treat patients battling COVID-19, Sludge reported. These groups do not disclose their sources of funding.”

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/dark-money-groups-pushed-trump-to-back-hydroxychloroquine/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well now we know why Trump keeps pushing this. He has a stake in the company. He has an interest in Sanofi, the French drugmaker that makes the drug. Like they say, follow the money. Oh, and major republican donors and Wilbur Ross have major stakes in the company. Silly us, we thought he just suggested it because he wanted to save lives.

Nice try.

Sure I believe trump now. He and those around him would never lie. I wonder how many millions he is making off this? I bet he is selling ventilators and fake n95.

Turns out it’s more than a modest amount. And his big donor, Ken Fisher, owns a ton of it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-french-connection-trump-family-trusts-are-invested-in-hydroxychloroquine-maker/ar-BB12he2q

[Anonymous]

Just wonderful that our wonderful Attorney General is concerned with this amidst everything else that’s going on.

[Anonymous]

Hmmmm - the CDC has removed its guidance on hydroxychloraquine and azithromycin to treat coronavirus

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/04/08/health/cdc-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

[Anonymous]

“So: Trump is getting his medical advice from CEOs, a TV doctor who has been assailed for promoting “quack treatments,” and Giuliani. One of Giuliani’s main sources of information on this topic is a guy who runs a company providing medical supplies to cruise ships and who was once sentenced to a year in jail for extorting Steven Seagal.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/07/real-reason-trump-is-obsessed-with-hydroxychloroquine/

[Anonymous]

Department of Veterans Affairs officials said March 26 that it was “irresponsible” to suggest the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine had any merit as a coronavirus treatment. The same day, the VA placed an emergency order for it.
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/va-spent-200-000-on-controversial-anti-malaria-drug-touted-as-coronavirus-game-changer-1.625501

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ooops

.....In ONE case.

I'll take those odds. And, if I become afflicted with this virus, I would not hesitate to ask my doctor to prescribe this medication.

Because, you're a doctor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe he hates someone with an autoimmune disorder and wants them to be handicapped because they can't get their drugs?

The money making angle seems more likely.

Nobody makes any money from hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine...they are generics. That's probably the issue in some circles...who wants a cheap solution when there are life savings to be drained from sick people?

Somebody is making money when the federal government buys a stockpile of millions and millions of pills.

These pills cost a few pennies each to make. Novartis donated 30 million of them to HHS. Compare that to other potential treatments like remdesivir, an experimental drug that costs about $1000. Or then there is the cost of an ICU stay which can be $10,000 per day or more.

Thank you for this important information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:‘Dark money’ groups pushed Trump to back unproven COVID-19 treatment

“A conservative “dark money” group that received funding from the pharmaceutical industry’s largest trade organization pushed President Donald Trump to use unproven antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 and make it more widely available.

Last month, the conservative nonprofit group Job Creators Network collaborated with health care nonprofit Physicians for Reform to launch an online petition, a series of Facebook ads and a mass text message campaign urging Trump to make hydroxychloroquine available to treat patients battling COVID-19, Sludge reported. These groups do not disclose their sources of funding.”

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/dark-money-groups-pushed-trump-to-back-hydroxychloroquine/

Oh ffs. Other countries were the first to use it and report some success with it. A poll of doctors found that 65% would give the treatment to their ow family members if infected and only 11% said they would not use the drug at all. By all means, if you get in dire straits with COVID-19, exercise your prerogative not to take the medication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“So: Trump is getting his medical advice from CEOs, a TV doctor who has been assailed for promoting “quack treatments,” and Giuliani. One of Giuliani’s main sources of information on this topic is a guy who runs a company providing medical supplies to cruise ships and who was once sentenced to a year in jail for extorting Steven Seagal.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/07/real-reason-trump-is-obsessed-with-hydroxychloroquine/

Nothing but the best people! Funny how so many of his friends are sleezebags and criminals