Brazil president bets big on ‘right-wing’ drug against Covid-19
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's government is now recommending the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 despite the lack of evidence on its effectiveness. – EPA pic, May 21, 2020.
BRAZILIAN President Jair Bolsonaro neatly sums up how thoroughly politics has hijacked the debate over using malaria drugs against the new coronavirus: “Right-wingers take chloroquine.” The far-right leader made the remark Tuesday, a day before his government recommended widespread use of chloroquine and a less-toxic derivative, hydroxychloroquine, to treat Covid-19 even in mild cases, despite questions about their safety and effectiveness.
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