Trump's economic adviser says he's qualified to give 'second opinion' on coronavirus medicine
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Trump’s team of mediocre financial advisers continues to stand in front of microphones and offer up their expertise-free definitive opinions on science and medicine and COVID-19. On Monday, economic adviser Peter Navarro went on to CNN to discuss the continTrump's economic adviser says he's qualified to give 'second opinion' on coronavirus medicine
Trump’s team of mediocre financial advisers continues to stand in front of microphones and offer up their expertise-free definitive opinions on science and medicine and COVID-19. On Monday, economic adviser Peter Navarro went on to CNN to discuss the continuing unhelpful and unhealthy war within the administration between health and medical experts and … people like Peter Navarro. Specifically, a report came out detailing a huge behind-the-scenes fight between Navarro and the country’s top infectious disease specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, over how to talk about hydroxychloroquine. At issue is the administration’s persistence in pretending that hydroxychloroquine is a miracle drug that will fix the rising mortality numbers associated with the novel coronavirus. As you might imagine, Navarro and Trump are on the side of ensuring our stock market doesn’t panic, while Dr. Fauci is on the side of talking about science and medicine. Dr. Fauci has said, as has every medical professional in the world, that there is nowhere near the amount of data needed to say conclusively that hydroxychloroquine has any meaningful affect on COVID-19. Right now, because we are in a crisis, doctors on the front lines of this pandemic are trying everything they can to treat the patients they are seeing, and that means they are administering the drug in many cases, hoping that it might help. Read more