fox News host Neil Cavuto was shocked by President Donald Trump's announcement on Monday that he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive treatment for coronavirus, and warned of the drug's potential side effects.
While answering questions from reporters, Trump said he has taken a hydroxychloroquine pill "every day" for a week and a half.
"I take it," the president said. "I would've told you that three to four days ago, but we never had a chance because you never asked me the question."
"I take it," the president said. "I would've told you that three to four days ago, but we never had a chance because you never asked me the question."
Reacting to Trump's announcement, Cavuto mentioned a recent study by the Department of Veterans Affairs and academic researchers, which said that hydroxychloroquine had no benefit on coronavirus patients and is linked to higher death rates for VA patients hospitalized with the disease.
"A VA study showed that among a population in a hospital receiving this treatment, those with vulnerable conditions — respiratory conditions, heart ailments — they died," Cavuto said, before mentioning other studies that similarly found that the drug is not effective at treating coronavirus.
Trump on Monday suggested the VA study was conducted "with people that aren't big Trump fans."
But Cavuto countered that on his show, saying the study Trump alluded to "wasn't a loaded political one."
"It was a test on patients there, and those who took it in a vulnerable population, including those with respiratory or other conditions, they died," Cavuto said. "I want to stress again: They died. If you are in a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment to ward off the virus or in a worst case scenario you are dealing with the virus, and you are in this vulnerable population, it will kill you. I cannot stress enough: This will kill you."
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