Yesterday, the American health authorities withdrew the emergency statement to treat people with "Covid-19" by chloroquine and hydroxy chloroquine, which were previously praised for their effectiveness by US President Donald Trump.
"It no longer makes sense to believe that chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine were effective in treating (Covid-19)," the science official at the US Medicines Agency, Denise Hinton, said in a note.
"It also makes no sense to believe that the known and potential benefits of these two products exceed their known and potential risks."
On March 28, the agency allowed the use of these two antimalarial drugs to treat people with "Covid-19", but only on condition that they be treated in hospitals.
The US president was pinning high hopes on hydroxychloroquine, which had not been proven effective in treating "Covid-19".
On March 24, Trump praised this drug, saying, "There is a real chance that it will have a huge impact." It will be a gift from God if he succeeds. ”
Later, Trump announced that he personally took hydroxychloroquine for two weeks as a preventative.
On April 25, the US Medicines Agency warned against using these two drugs "outside hospitals or outside clinical trials, because of the risk of an irregular heartbeat."
Hydroxychloroquine has crossed its medical dimension and turned into a political polarizer around which public opinion has split, sparking violent campaigns on social media.
The drug exceeds its medical dimension and turns into a political attraction.