Global Pandemic Event 201

[Mystic Wanderer]

Here's what the media had to say previously about Pres. Trump's suggestion to use hydroxychloroquine and the other drug (forget the name) to treat this Covid-19 virus.

"Trump is giving people false hope of coronavirus cures. It’s all snake oil," read one Washington Post headline. Added the Post's editorial board: "Trump is spreading false hope for a virus cure -- and that’s not the only damage."

Since that time, several doctors around the world have used it and all have had positive results, so now the media are having to walk back their previous remarks.
Trump wins again!   When will they learn?  

After repeatedly mocking President Trump for suggesting on March 19 that hydroxychloroquine could be an effective treatment for coronavirus, media organizations have begun acknowledging that the drug -- now approved for emergency use to treat coronavirus by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) -- may be useful after all.

Journalists and top Democrats have beaten a similarly hasty retreat from their previous claims that Trump's ban on travel from China was both xenophobic and ineffective. But media outlets' misinformation on hydroxychloroquine was unique because it involved not simply policy disagreements but also suggestive medical advice and directives that could have dissuaded some from seeking certain treatments.

"Malaria Drug Helps Virus Patients Improve, in Small Study," The New York Times reported this week, adding: "A group of moderately ill people were given hydroxychloroquine, which appeared to ease their symptoms quickly, but more research is needed."

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, went from threatening doctors who prescribed the drug with "administrative action" to requesting that the federal government ship her state some. Other state leaders have followed suit, including Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, also a Democrat.

Well, the Democrats got their smear headlines in.  I wonder how wide spread this change of heart article will go?

Read more: After mocking Trump for promoting hydroxychloroquine, journalists acknowledge it might treat coronavirus