I want to qualify a correction that I previously made. I had previously retweeted a quip ridiculing Trump for asserting that two long-used anti-malarial drugs were effective in treating the coronavirus (thread)
As a couple of people pointed out, there actually was some evidence that this is true. But that is just half the story.
The evidence is based on small studies and is far from conclusive. Meanwhile the drugs touted by Trump are necessary treatments for Lupus and some other serious conditions nytimes.com/2020/03/20/hea…
Trump's promotion of the drugs has led to a shortage as many doctors/patients are struggling to get them in the hope that they may be effective against coronavirus.
This means that people who definitely need the drugs may not be able to get them because people may wrongly believe they will help them if they get the coronovirus.
Oh well, Trump warned us that the doctors working on containing the coronavirus all said that they were surprised how much difficulty he had understanding these sorts of things
