65% of 1,200+ doctors say they would prescribe hydroxychloroquine for their own families

[Mark Crispin Miller]

All these doctors must know something that "our free press" doesn't want the rest of us

to know; and it's not just the corporate media. Today's "Democracy Now!" led with the

story that Brazil has halted its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, because 11 people died.

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/headlines/chloroquine_study_in_brazil_halted_after_patients_develop_irregular_heart_rate 

The trials in Wuhan and in France had no such fatal consequences, no doubt because

they were conducted properly; but that nuance is missing from the "DN!" story—which,

just like the New York Times, pounds the point that "President Trump has repeatedly

touted hydroxychloroquine," and so the drug can't work, because he said it does, or

might. 

With all those doctors prescribing it for COVID-19 patients, and its effectiveness having

been confirmed by those two trials, who, in this case, is more culpable? The president 

who's "repeatedly touted" it, or the press that's keeping people in the dark about it (and

not just about that drug, but the several others that show promise against COVID-19, and 

that Trump hasn't "touted")? 

MCM

Physician Poll: Treating COVID-19 Patients with Antimalarial Drugs

65 Percent of Physicians in New Survey Would Give Anti-Malaria Drugs to Their Own Family to Treat COVID-19

https://jacksoncoker.com/about/in-the-news/physician-poll-on-covid-19-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine/

ATLANTA, April 8, 2020 -- Sixty-five percent of physicians across the United States said they would prescribe the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent COVID-19 in a family member, according to a new survey released today by Jackson & Coker, one of the country's largest physician staffing firms.

Only 11 percent said they would not use the drug at all.

Meanwhile, 30 percent of the surveyed doctors said they would prescribe the medications to a family member prior to the onset of symptoms if they had been exposed to the novel coronavirus, a highly contagious virus that causes a pneumonia-like infection of the lungs.

"Working in healthcare, we've learned the best way to get a candid perspective on treatment options from a physician is to ask: 'Would you give this to your family?'" said Tim Fischer, President of Jackson & Coker. "Families across the U.S. – and the world really – want to know what they can do to protect and save their loved ones."

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