Hmmmm...
“The White House coronavirus task force had its biggest fight yet on Saturday, pitting economic adviser Peter Navarro against infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci. At issue: How enthusiastically should the White House tout the prospects of an antimalarial drug to fight COVID-19?

Behind the scenes: This drama erupted into an epic Situation Room showdown. Trump's coronavirus task force gathered in the White House Situation Room on Saturday at about 1:30pm, according to four sources familiar with the conversation.”
https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-white-house-01306286-0bbc-4042-9bfe-890413c6220d.html

Anonymous wrote:He desperately wants to announce a miracle cure to solve everything.

Because that's all he has left.

From the Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913%2820%2930089-8/fulltext


“Whether hydroxychloroquine works in vivo is not proven for any virus, and in fact in randomised controlled trials against a number of viruses, including influenza, it doesn't work at all,” says Douglas Richman, a virologist and infectious disease physician at the University of California, San Diego. “It's my personal prejudice that this is also going to be the case with coronavirus.”
Hydroxychloroquine has been studied as a possible antiviral for approximately the past 40 years, says Richman. The mechanism of action is not entirely clear, but it is known to decrease the acidity in endosomes, which might prevent the endosome from releasing the virus into the cytoplasm.
Hydroxychloroquine has shown activity in vitro against many viruses, including influenza and coronaviruses, but that has largely failed to translate into success in either animals or humans. In 2005, the drug showed in vitro activity against SARS-CoV, which is closely related to the current pandemic virus, but it failed to decrease viral load in mice, and clinical interest drifted away, says Christopher Tignanelli, a surgeon at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, who is involved in clinical trials of COVID-19 treatments.
“There is not a huge amount of pre-clinical data for this drug,” says Tignanelli. “It's mostly test-tube and anecdote.”
Despite the absence of strong evidence, some people are already attempting to self-medicate with the drug, with disastrous consequences. Hydroxychloroquine can have dangerous side-effects if the dose is not carefully controlled, and cases of chloroquine poisoning have been reported in Nigeria and the USA.

Anonymous wrote:Ah, he just clarified -- it's because it's already done incredibly well against Lupus and Malaria. Makes perfect sense now....

Because an autoimmune disease and a protozoan parasite are the exact same thing as a virus?

Other countries are also using it. He's not saying it works. He is saying it is worth trying. There are a couple of other things that are being tried, but this is the cheapest and most readily available. As for the ventilators, they don't seem to be working very well for the patients.

"Because we bought massive amounts of it. In case it works, we have it....It may not work....maybe it does, maybe it doesn't, but I don't want to wait a year to find out."

UNREAL.

Ah, he just clarified -- it's because it's already done incredibly well against Lupus and Malaria. Makes perfect sense now....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jared’s probably getting a cut.

+1, likely some kind of self-dealing in the family.

+1

Profiting some how...

Because Novartis owns it.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/09/novartis-paid-trumps-lawyer-michael-cohen-more-than-1-million-for-work-he-was-unable-to-do-company-says.html
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/lawmaker-cohen-novartis-deal-may-have-violated-lobbying-laws

Every time he opens his mouth it's more and more clear that he knowns nothing about medicine (or anything else). A better question is, why would anyone do what he says? How many times does he have to say "What else do you have to lose" to understand he means people on death's doorstep will do anything at all to try to survive? He's such a dolt that he thinks that's comforting.

I agree he or his family members probably bought up a stockpile -- or stock in the company making it.

Anonymous wrote:Jared’s probably getting a cut.

+1, likely some kind of self-dealing in the family.

Jared’s probably getting a cut.

He just wants to find a short cut, to beat the virus. To call a victory. But it's not that easy.

This is the first real problem he's faced in his presidency, the first non-self-generated problem. It's a big problem and he doesn't know what to do.

He desperately wants to announce a miracle cure to solve everything.

All the medical experts I've heard or read say that it's unproven as a covid-19 treatment and can have dangerous side effects. Why is a president even concerned about giving medical advice? It's so odd. Does he own stocks in a company that produces it?