ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT A DRUG THE
FDA HAS WARNED PEOPLE AGAINST
TAKING WITHOUT A
PRESCRIPTION.
HE SURPRISED EVERYBODY IN
THE ROOM, IN FACT HE WAS
ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO ANOTHER
QUESTION WHEN HE KIND OF
DROPPED THE OFFHAND REMARK
THAT HE HAPPENED TO BE TAKING
THIS DRUG TO.
TAKE A LISTEN.
I HAVEN'T TO BE TAKING IT,
I HAPPEN TO BE TAKING IT.
HYDROXY-OR QUINN.
I'M TAKING IT.
WENT.
RIGHT NOW.
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I
STARTED TAKING IT BECAUSE I
THINK IT'S GOOD.
I'VE HAD HEARD A LOT OF GOOD
STORIES.
HE WENT ON TO SAY HE
CONSULTED WITH HIS DOCTOR AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
I ASKED HIM WHAT YOU
THINK.
HE SAID WELCOME IF YOU'D LIKE
IT, I SAID YES, I'D LIKE TO
TAKE IT.
I'M TAKING THE ZINC AND THE
HYDROXY-AND, ALL I CAN TELL
YOU IS SO FAR I SEEM TO BE
OKAY.
THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING A
DRUG HIS OWN FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION WARNS AGAINST
TAKING FOR THE TREATMENT OF
COVID-19 UNLESS YOU WERE IN
THE HOSPITAL OR PART OF A
CLINICAL TRIAL.
DOCTOR WILLIAM SHATNER IS AN
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE BASE AS
A PREVENTIVE OF COVID-19.
I THINK DOCTORS OUGHT TO NOT
BE PRESCRIBING THIS MEDICATION
TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
FOR THIS PURPOSE.
I WAS ACTUALLY VERY
SURPRISED.
ON FOX NEWS DOCTOR BOB,
CHAIRMAN OF MEDICINE OFFERED
THIS STARK WARNING ABOUT THE
FATAL HEART PROBLEM YOU CAN
DEVELOP AS A SIDE EFFECT.
YOU CAN HAVE A FATAL
ARRHYTHMIA WHICH MEANS AN
IRREGULAR HEART RHYTHM WHICH
WILL CAUSE YOUR DEATH AND YOUR
DEATH WILL BE INSTANTANEOUS.
YOU WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT HIT YOU
IN THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU WOULD
SAY OH MY GOSH, HE'S LOST
CONSCIOUSNESS, HE'S
UNRESPONSIVE AND UNLESS A
PARAMEDIC OR DOCTOR OR NURSE
IS RIGHT THERE THAT CAN
REVERSE THIS ARRHYTHMIA YOU
ARE DEAD.
AS FAR AS OUR TREATMENT OF
COVID-19 PATIENTS WHETHER
YOU'RE SLIGHTLY ILL OR VERY
ILL WE SEE NO EFFECT
WHATSOEVER WITH THIS DRUG.
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS
EFFECTIVE IN TREATING MALARIA,
LUPUS AND ARTHRITIS BUT
PATIENTS WHO NEED IT ARE
FINDING IT IN SHORT SUPPLY.
THIS DOCUMENT ON THE FDA
WEBSITE SHOWS SHORTAGE SINCE
MARCH 31.
RICK WRIGHT TOLD 60 MINUTES HE
WAS FORCED OUT OF HIS JOB AS
THE ADMINISTRATION'S TOP
VACCINE RESEARCHER BECAUSE HE
WAS UNWILLING TO PUSH
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AS A
TREATMENT.
I BELIEVE MY LAST DITCH
EFFORT TO PROTECT AMERICANS
FROM THAT DRUG WAS THE FINAL
STRAW THAT THEY USED AND
BELIEVED WAS ESSENTIAL TO PUSH
ME OUT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS IT WAS
BRIGHT WHO AUTHORIZED WITH HIS
SIGNATURE THE EMERGENCY USE OF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
IF HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN
IT, WHY WOULD HE SIGN IT.
BUT DOCTOR FAUCI SAID
SCIENCE IS NOT SHOWING THE
DRUG DEFINITIVELY WORKS.
THE DATA ARE REALLY JUST AT
BEST SUGGESTIVE.
THERE HAVE BEEN CASES THAT
SHOW THERE MAY BE IN EFFECT
AND THERE ARE OTHERS TO SHOW
THERE IS NO EFFECT.
I HOPE TO NOT BE ABLE TO
TAKE IT SOON BECAUSE I HOPE
THEY COME UP WITH SOME
ANSWER.
TONIGHT THE PRESIDENT'S
DOCTOR ISSUED THIS MEMO WHICH
SAYS IN PART, AFTER NUMEROUS
DISCUSSIONS HE AND I HAD
REGARDING THE EVIDENCE FOR AND
AGAINST THE USE OF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, WE
CONCLUDED THE POTENTIAL
BENEFIT FROM TREATMENT OUT
OUTWEIGHED THE RELATIVE
RISKS.
THE FDA IS NOT COMMENTING
ON THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO
IGNORE ITS WARNING, BUT IN THE
PAST THE FDA HAS SAID THAT
SINCE CHLOROQUINE IS ALLOWED
FOR USE WITH OTHER KINDS OF
