Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House's point man in the Covid-19 fight, is hesitant about "anecdotal" reports about the efficacy of chloroquine and other anti-virals. Fauci has said he planned to consult with other medical experts on whether clinical studies should go forward.
Fauci, a career government immunologist who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, is noncommittal about President Trump's intense interest in these treatments. Fauci's comments were elicited by Fox commentator Laura Ingraham.
Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Öz, a television personality who directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, told an interviewer that he was surprised that the press paid little heed to a French study that showed very effective results in fighting Covid-19 with a chloroquine regimen. See
Study: Chloroquine deals Covid-19 knockout blow
https://invisiblepaul.blogspot.com/2020/03/french-researchers-preliminary-results
Oz said that, while he respects Fauci as a scientist, during an emergency it is sometimes necessary to "cut corners" and deploy drugs that haven't gone through rigorous testing protocols. He observed that, in particular, chloroquine was a very well-known drug so that there was little to worry about with regard to unknown adverse health effects.
The difference between the attitudes of Oz and Fauci is that Oz reflects the urgency of a "this is war" mindset whereas Fauci does not give any such impression. Obviously prudence is highly important. But it sounds as though Fauci is not picking up on the urgency of the situation.
Fauci, a career government immunologist who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, is noncommittal about President Trump's intense interest in these treatments. Fauci's comments were elicited by Fox commentator Laura Ingraham.
Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Öz, a television personality who directs the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, told an interviewer that he was surprised that the press paid little heed to a French study that showed very effective results in fighting Covid-19 with a chloroquine regimen. See
Study: Chloroquine deals Covid-19 knockout blow
https://invisiblepaul.blogspot.com/2020/03/french-researchers-preliminary-results
Oz said that, while he respects Fauci as a scientist, during an emergency it is sometimes necessary to "cut corners" and deploy drugs that haven't gone through rigorous testing protocols. He observed that, in particular, chloroquine was a very well-known drug so that there was little to worry about with regard to unknown adverse health effects.
The difference between the attitudes of Oz and Fauci is that Oz reflects the urgency of a "this is war" mindset whereas Fauci does not give any such impression. Obviously prudence is highly important. But it sounds as though Fauci is not picking up on the urgency of the situation.
Makes you wonder whether what critics take to have been Trump's overcautious behavior was a result of the advice from a career government bureaucrat.
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