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Trump’s fixation on anti-malaria drugs to fight coronavirus has sparked a “wild-goose chase” inside his health agencies, pulling staff away from other projects. politico.com/news/2020/03/2… with @owermohle
POLITICO’s @adamcancryn pushes Trump on using malaria drugs, noting that health experts have urged him to get evidence first.

TRUMP: We can test it on people right now who are in serious trouble, who are dying. If it works, we’ve done a great thing. If it doesn’t work 🤷‍♂️
NEW: The FDA tonight is moving forward with emergency-use authorization (EUA) for anti-malaria drugs for coronavirus care, despite scientists’ concerns about lack of evidence. politico.com/news/2020/03/2…
HHS secretary trumpets tonight’s moves → https://t.co/b1Gzb6NXVh
The former acting Chief Scientist at FDA says there is “total lack of scientific evidence” behind tonight’s action → https://t.co/cTPWnsNLPy
Vocal Trump supporters and others who have championed the drugs are celebrating FDA’s move tonight. https://t.co/QTSSQ4wkwK
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EXCLUSIVE: White House national security officials prepared a “pandemic playbook” — a step-by-step guide to ensure testing, check on workers’ equipment, even consider the Defense Production Act.

The Trump administration ignored it. politico.com/news/2020/03/2… with @nahaltoosi
The playbook was initially devised in 2016 and overseen by career officials in the now-disbanded pandemic preparedness directorate.

The goal: to avoid a chaotic government response to the next public health threat.
The White House playbook obtained by @nahaltoosi + me urges leaders to consider key questions, like do health workers have enough PPE?

Based on recommended timeline, these questions should’ve been asked + answered more than 2 months ago. Meanwhile, health workers beg #GetMePPE.
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This is remarkable: NYU’s medical school is allowing students to graduate *now*, three months early, to become interns and join the fight against coronavirus. (Email via a tipster.)
Quickly canvassed some physicians who couldn’t think of a precedent. “This is incredible and unheard of,” said one doctor.

Another said that NYC is bracing for battle — a war that is coming to other cities’ emergency rooms.
Thinking of all the nurses, doctors, techs and other health workers who already are working hard to save lives— and have long weeks or months ahead of them — amid all the other changes COVID19 has wrought.

We live in historic times.
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EXCLUSIVE: An episode where HHS officials lost email access during coronavirus planning has led to SEEMA VERMA being stripped of control of her agency’s emails and appealing to the White House to intervene. politico.com/news/2020/03/1…
Top officials were frantically trying to hammer out an emergency spending package to fight coronavirus when they realized: their email had crashed.

“It might sound funny if the stakes weren’t so high,” said one official.
The email episode — which followed the failure of lab tests, disorganized evacuations and even a scientist getting locked out of CDC — is a reminder that much of the coronavirus response can be shaped by bureaucratic blunders, not just the White House.

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