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> I did notice that. There were articles and some research before and everyone seemed interested and noticed as soon as he mentioned it the majority opinion alm

> I did notice that. There were articles and some research before and everyone seemed interested and noticed as soon as he mentioned it the majority opinion almost immediately switched to "it's dangerous", "let's avoid it", "it probably won't work" while all the other alternatives seem to be still "interesting" and "worth studying" etc. The fact that a politician is pushing an (yet) unproven drug has to be viewed with skepticism. The flip side is that it caused a cascade of reactions from other governments trying to control the drug's supply. They may have reasoned that a world leader has information they do not. And other governments (see this article) started pushing it as a treatment too. Additionally, now people are pushing the drug as a political issue. By people, I mean the average joe. This is damaging. Regardless, science is doing its thing. Trials are ongoing, as this article shows. But politicians should refrain from making baseless statements about subjects they know zero about.

dmix 7y ago
Notably on Feb 4th China announced their researchers were recommending testing chloroquine, about a month and a half(?) before Trump mentioned it: http://www.whiov.ac.cn/kyjz_105338/202002/t20200204_5497136.html?from=groupmessage http://www.whiov.ac.cn/kyjz_105338/202002/t20200204_5497136.... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/health/coronavirus-treatments.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/health/coronavirus-treatm... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0 This was the original study which I believe influenced the French study and Dr. Zelenko (who seemed to be the nexus to Trump). The UK banned export of CQ around Feb 26th (I believe the first country to do so): https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/uk-bans-parallel-export-of-two-covid19-treatment-candidates.html https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/uk-bans-parallel-exp... From Google's custom date searches is looks like Trump first mentioned it in a press conference on March 19th: https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1240672025989001221 https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1240672025989001221

dmix 7y ago

Notably on Feb 4th China announced their researchers were recommending testing chloroquine, about a month and a half(?) before Trump mentioned it: http://www.whiov.ac.cn/kyjz_105338/202002/t20200204_5497136.html?from=groupmessage http://www.whiov.ac.cn/kyjz_105338/202002/t20200204_5497136.... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/health/coronavirus-treatments.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/health/coronavirus-treatm... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0 This was the original study which I believe influenced the French study and Dr. Zelenko (who seemed to be the nexus to Trump). The UK banned export of CQ around Feb 26th (I believe the first country to do so): https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/uk-bans-parallel-export-of-two-covid19-treatment-candidates.html https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/uk-bans-parallel-exp... From Google's custom date searches is looks like Trump first mentioned it in a press conference on March 19th: https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1240672025989001221 https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1240672025989001221