Subj : Snake Oil
To   : All
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Tue Apr 14 2020 04:46 am

Hello Everybody,

The president continues to hawk his snake oil as if it is
the one and only cure-all for the coronavirus pandemic.  But
does it really work as advertised?  There seem to be many
more questions than answers -

Source: Hill Reporter

A small study on a drug related to the one President Donald Trump has
been touting as a “game-changer” in the fight against coronavirus was
halted due to heart arrhythmias and other issues in participants,
including the deaths of 11 individuals who were involved in the study.

The study, according to reporting from the New York Times, took place
in Brazil, and involved the drug chloroquine, a close cousin to the
drug hydroxychloroquine, which has been touted as a possible treatment
for COVID-19 by the president and others, despite lacking scientific
evidence demonstrating such.

Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are used to treat malaria
patients.

There were 81 patients involved in the study, broken into two groups:
one taking 450 mg of chloroquine, and the other taking 600 mg of the
drug. Some participants in the group with the larger dosage began to
complain about heart issues, with 11 later dying as a result of
arrhythmias.

Read more:

https://hillreporter.com/study-on-chloroquine-is-halted-after
-participants-report-heart-problems-start-dying-64266

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