⚠️CIA vetos HCQ for staff. “CIA has privately advised its workforce that taking an anti-malarial drug touted by Trump as a promising treatment for coronavirus has potentially dangerous side effects, including sudden death.” Okay then! #COVID19 washingtonpost.com/world/national…
2) A CIA website for employees with questions about the coronavirus addressed the topic on March 27, noting there had been media reports suggesting the drug “has activity against the COVID-19 virus.”
3) “At this point, the drug is not recommended to be used by patients except by medical professionals prescribing it as part of ongoing investigational studies. There are potentially significant side effects, including sudden cardiac death, associated with hydroxychloroquine...”
4) ...”and its individual use in patients need to be carefully selected and monitored by a health care professional,” the answer said, before adding in bold type: “Please do not obtain this medication on your own.””
5) “Experts have cautioned about side effects, such as heart arrhythmia, which can be fatal. A recent study in Brazil of chloroquine, which is similar to hydroxychloroquine, was halted early because a number of test subjects developed dangerous heart problems.” #COVID19
