Hydroxychloroquine is trending again. It’s still no cure for COVID-19

Social media lights up with viral movies touting hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure. It’s not.

Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug used to deal with autoimmune illnesses like rheumatoid arthritis for a long time, is not a cure for COVID-19. A swath of research, some lower than per week previous and published in prestigious scientific journal Nature, have demonstrated the drug doesn’t have substantial antiviral exercise. And as more data rolls in from human medical trials, hydroxychloroquine retains developing quick. Very quick. It does not defend in opposition to COVID-19 and it does not cure it, both.

So why is it again within the information once more? 

It seems it is trending largely due to a collection of viral movies printed by proper wing publication Breitbart are being widely-shared throughout social media, notably on Fb and Twitter. 

On Monday, a contingent of physicians, clad in white coats and calling themselves “America’s Frontline Docs” held a summit on the steps of the US Supreme Court docket in Washington. The summit was organized by the best wing “Tea Celebration Patriots Basis” and is meant to run for two days. 

Movies of the “Frontline Docs” advocating for using hydroxychloroquine as a “cure” outdoors the Supreme Court docket started to pop up on-line Monday afternoon. We have determined to not hyperlink to them however analysis by an NBC internet reporter signifies they gathered over 20 million views on Fb. 

One particularly, of Houston doctor and preacher Stella Immanuel, has gathered the lion’s share of consideration, producing an impassioned argument about her use of hydroxychloroquine in 350 sufferers that visited her clinic. It has been seen thousands and thousands of instances on Fb and even tweeted by Donald Trump Jr. The President of the USA, Donald Trump, additionally retweeted the video.

On Monday, a contingent of physicians, clad in white coats and calling themselves “America’s Frontline Docs” held a summit on the steps of the US Supreme Court docket in Washington. The summit was organized by the best wing “Tea Celebration Patriots Basis” and is meant to run for two days. 

Movies of the “Frontline Docs” advocating for using hydroxychloroquine as a “cure” outdoors the Supreme Court docket started to pop up on-line Monday afternoon. We have determined to not hyperlink to them however analysis by an NBC internet reporter signifies they gathered over 20 million views on Fb. 

One particularly, of Houston doctor and preacher Stella Immanuel, has gathered the lion’s share of consideration, producing an impassioned argument about her use of hydroxychloroquine in 350 sufferers that visited her clinic. It has been seen thousands and thousands of instances on Fb and even tweeted by Donald Trump Jr. The President of the USA, Donald Trump, additionally retweeted the video.