SHOT: In a tweet, former Iowa director of public health and four-time IA-02 candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said: “As an ophthalmologist, I take care of people frequently who are on hydroxychloroquine. It has a high safety profile and if I were seriously ill from COVID-19, having read the research, I would want to try hydroxychloroquine.”
CHASER: The Associated Press: “A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care, researchers reported.”
LIME: The Washington Post: “‘It’s one thing not to have benefit, but this shows distinct harm,’ said Eric Topol, a cardiologist and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. ‘If there was ever hope for this drug, this is the death of it.’”