.MaddowBlog: FDA spurns coronavirus treatment touted aggressively by Trump
in early April,"It may work, and it may not work. But if it doesn't work, it's nothing lost by doing it. Nothing."Following up on earlier coverage, I imagine some on the right will downplay the importance of this, suggesting that there's no real cost to a president and his team investing hope in a possible treatment, even if it was premature, and even if the preliminary research suggests the treatment may be ineffective.
But Team Trump didn't just cross their fingers and hope for the best. The president urged Americans to start taking the medication, creating a run on pills that some people actually needed. What's more,that some health officials were"pulled away from other potential projects to address the president's hunch." The article quoted an HHS official who lamented the"time and energy being soaked up by a potential wild-goose chase.
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