Partisan Divide in Coverage of Potential Coronavirus Treatments
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From the Left
A Man Died After Self-Medicating With A Drug Trump Promoted As A Potential Treatment For The CoronavirusA man died and his wife needed critical care after they both took a drug meant for aquariums that contains chloroquine, which President Trump recently touted as a treatment for COVID-19 in spite of a lack of study by health officials or approval by the World Health Organization.
According to the Banner Health hospital system in Phoenix, the couple, both in their sixties, ingested chloroquine phosphate, "an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks." One aquarium supply store online described it as a "wonder drug" that was once...
From the Center
Trump Claim That Malaria Drugs Treat Coronavirus Sparks Warnings, ShortagesHealth officials across the world are issuing warnings over the use of antimalarial drugs after President Trump’s comments about treating the coronavirus with them sparked panic-buying and overdoses.
In recent days, thousands of consumers across Africa and South Asia rushed to stockpile chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, drugs that are usually used to combat malaria, vacuuming up supplies in cities in the developing world, sending prices skyrocketing and prompting panicked warnings from local authorities.
In the U.S. and some other developed countries, meantime, some doctors have started to prescribe the drugs against...
From the Right
'Miracle' malaria drug touted by Trump saved me from coronavirus: Infected patients across US reveal how hydroxychloroquine helped them recoverPeople across the US have come forward to call the anti-malaria drug a 'miracle' coronavirus treatment as New York state officials announce they will start trials with the medication on Tuesday.
On Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will doctors will start trialing hydroxychloroquine this week after the number of coronavirus cases in New York City alone rose to 12,000, an increase of more than 3,000 overnight.
The drug has not yet been proven as effective in battling the virus, but President Donald Trump drummed up...
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