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Nevilledog

(51,086 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 12:47 PM Aug 2020

Top Trump Advisor Attacks Coronavirus Task Force's Adm. Giroir - So He Can Push Hydroxychloroquine

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2020/08/top-trump-advisor-attacks-coronavirus-task-forces-adm-giroir-so-he-can-push-hydroxychloroquine/

Trump White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro is attacking the Coronavirus Task Force member in charge of COVID-19 testing. Admiral Brett Giroir over the weekend acknowledged hydroxychloroquine has been proven to be not effective in the fight against the coronavirus, echoing the position of the FDA and the CDC, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and Dr. Deborah Birx. Earlier Monday President Donald Trump attacked Dr. Deborah Birx.

Navarro – a discredited economist who routinely pushes President Donald Trump’s talking points – went on CNN and was asked by anchor Jim Sciutto to share his opinion on the malaria drug the right wing has been dangerously pushing as a “cure” for coronavirus.

Sciutto noted Adm. Giroir had stated there are at least five studies out now that prove hydroxychloroquine offers no benefit to patients in the fight against coronavirus.

“Is it time for the administration to focus on proven treatments?” Sciutto asked.

Navarro, who has also attacked Dr. Fauci, including in the op-ed pages of USA Today, immediately slammed Giroir.

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C_U_L8R

(45,000 posts)
1. What criminal endeavor is behind all this chloroquine nonsense?
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 12:51 PM
Aug 2020

And why did Trump haul off and buy millions of doses... and most important, who did he actually pay and how much did he pay?

Nevilledog

(51,086 posts)
2. 62 million doses couldn't have been cheap. He probably paid double the market price.
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 12:54 PM
Aug 2020

You know, cuz he's such a great negotiator.

underpants

(182,788 posts)
4. Is Navarro trying to skip directly into Rudi territory?
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 12:58 PM
Aug 2020

He’s a trade negotiator. The meteorologist doesn’t report on sports.

nykym

(3,063 posts)
5. I think they are pushing thier brand of
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:03 PM
Aug 2020

hydroxychloroquine because they have engineered a nano bot which can track you where ever you go.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
6. I think that his HCQ was made in a foreign country, and the pills are in packets
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:12 PM
Aug 2020

that are marked with expiration dates. Trump is holding over 50 million doses that are fading in value as each day move them closer to expiration. He needs sucker buyers NOW.

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