Dangerously reckless demagogue and sociopathic con man Donald "COVID Donnie" Trump has long been touting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19, even claiming to be taking it himself. In a breaking story in this morning's Washington Post, a study published in the Lancet medical journal of some 96,000 coronavirus patients world wide has revealed that the drug is even more dangerous for COVID-19 treatment than earlier believed, especially when taken with an antibiotic as recommended by Trump:
"Nearly 15,000 of the 96,000 patients in the analysis were treated with hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine alone or in combination with a type of antibiotics known as a macrolide, such as azithromycin, within 48 hours of their diagnosis.
The difference between patients who received the antimalarials and those who did not was striking.
For those given hydroxychloroquine, there was a 34 percent increase in risk of mortality and a 137 percent increased risk of a serious heart arrhythmias. For those receiving hydroxychloroquine and an antibiotic — the cocktail endorsed by Trump — there was a 45 percent increased risk of death and a 411 percent increased risk of serious heart arrhythmias."Trump announced earlier that he was going to discontinue taking hydroxychloroquine, after supposedly a two week "regimen." However, his constant touting of the drug has seen an increase in demand, indicating that many in his cult have believed his dangerous nonsense.
