A member of the White House coronavirus task force says there is ‘no evidence’ that hydroxychloroquine can treat COVID-19. The drug, which is most typically used to treat malaria, lupus and arthritis, has been touted by President Donald Trump, but has not proven successful in clinical trials. In an appearance on Fox & Friends on Thursday, Dr Deborah Birx, the task force’s response coordinator, was asked about a video Trump tweeted on Monday that was later removed for ‘sharing false information.’ In the video, Dr Stella Maxwell claimed she has treated at least 350 coronavirus patients with hydroxychloroquine in combination with zinc and the antibiotic azithromycin with ‘100 percent success.’ Trump was widely condemned for sharing the video, in which Maxwell condemned wearing face masks, for being rife with misinformation. Birx said that there is no scientific data to back up Maxwell’s claims. ‘We know in the randomized control of the trials to date – and there’s been several of them – that there’s no evidence that [hydroxychloroquine] improves the patients’ outcomes, whether they have mild, moderate disease, or whether they’re seriously ill in the hospital,’ she said. Dr Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force response coordinator, said… Read full this story
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