A Really Chilling Moment': Trump Refuses to Allow Fauci to Answer Q on Dangers/Hydroxychloroquine

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'A Really Chilling Moment': Trump Refuses to Allow Dr. Fauci to Answer Question on Dangers of Hydroxychloroquine

During a press briefing Sunday night purportedly aimed at providing the U.S. public with crucial information amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump refused to allow the nation's top infectious disease expert to answer a reporter's question about the efficacy of an anti-malaria drug that the president has recklessly touted as a possible COVID-19 treatment despite warnings from medical professionals.
Before Dr. Anthony Fauci could respond to the question about hydroxychloroquine, Trump—who was standing back and off to the side of the podium—complained that Fauci had already spoken about the drug "15 times."
"You don't have to ask the question again," said Trump, stepping forward and moving closer to Fauci as another reporter began asking a separate question.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...efuses-allow-dr-fauci-answer-question-dangers

Doesn't the RW always preach about the 1st Amendment, Free Speech, and Transparency?

Here we have the President of the USA Muzzling a Renowned Medical Expert just so the Quackery promoted by his Administration doesn't get called out.

Trump Muzzling Dr. Fauci?

Just so that Trump can promote Unproven Quackery?

Does anybody care to attempt to "defend" this?

 

Um....your own quote says he said "You don't have to ask the question again," and that he had spoken on it 15 times already.

Not sure how that can be described as muzzling....

Not sure how it's "unproven quackery either....It's ashame the left continues to spread the fake news that there is some sort of difference between the President and the Doctor....he's spoken to that as well: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fauci-insist-trump-no-differences-coronavirus-response

I would wish that that would stop because we have a much bigger problem here than trying to point out differences,” he said.

The doctor insisted there “fundamentally” weren’t any disparities between his approach to the coronavirus and that of Trump.

“The President has listened to what I have said and what other people on the task force have said,” Fauci told Walter and Coglianese. “When I’ve made recommendations, he’s taken them. He’s never countered or overridden me.”

“The idea of just pitting one against the other is just not helpful,” he added.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/22/anthony-fauci-no-clash-trump-malaria-drug-coronavi/

“I think there’s this issue of trying to separate the two of us. There isn’t fundamentally a difference there,” Dr. Fauci, the director of the told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “He’s coming at it from a hope-layperson standpoint. I’m coming at it from a scientific standpoint.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/2/hydroxychloroquine-rated-most-effective-therapy-do/

An international poll of more than 6,000 doctors released Thursday found that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine was the most highly rated treatment for the novel coronavirus.

 

The same reporter had asked Trump a question about his seeming to promote hydroxychlorquinine as a cure for COVID-19 and Trump evaded answering, so when Fauci was taking questions, the reporter asked the medical expert about the drug. Trump would not allow Fauci to answer, and that does seem like he's suppressing information.

 

Not according to the Doctor....and moreover....he had answered the question 15 times already.

Nothing was being suppressed...yet another hoax response by the desperate left.

 

Totally WRONG.

 

Not according to your link or the Doctor. Sorry.....

 

They dont read past the headline.

 

Dr. Fauci is a prominent expert in the field of immunology. He has counseled six presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues. He has an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrhea diseases, tuberculosis and malaria as well as diseases such as Ebola and Zika.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is 69 years old and has practiced specialty medicine for many decades.
He is an author, coauthor, or editor of more than 1,300 scientific publications, including several textbooks.

Yesterday, he was silenced. Peter Navarro argued with CNN's Len Berman by stating that he was qualified to engage and disagree with Dr. Anthony Fauci on the use of an anti-malarial drug as a coronavirus treatment -- which is not yet proven as effective -- saying, "I'm a social scientist."

This is why Anthony Fauci is getting death threats. This is why Dr. Fauci has security at all times. Half of America accepting the word of Peter Navarro over an eminent, well respected expert in the field of immunology.

Can anyone on the right explain to me exactly what a 'social scientist' is and why someone that claims that title should have more respect or more credibility than a professional medical doctor with 4 decades of experience in the field of virology?

 

How many times does he have to answer the same questions?

 

Only once -- and he should not be contradicted by a "social scientist". Why have him on the team if idiots like Peter Navarro are going to be in direct conflict to what he's trying to tell us? Of course, we know that Peter Navarro is trying to please Trump and Dr. Faucio is only being true to his Hippocratic oath and to the American people.

 

I have no idea who that guy is....I take the words from Dr. Fauci who has stated he has no differene with the President as it relates to this drug
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/22/anthony-fauci-no-clash-trump-malaria-drug-coronavi/


“I think there’s this issue of trying to separate the two of us. There isn’t fundamentally a difference there,” Dr. Fauci, the director of the told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “He’s coming at it from a hope-layperson standpoint. I’m coming at it from a scientific standpoint.”

Moreover, I'll take the advice of the 6000 doctors polled from around the world that rank it the best treatment so far: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/2/hydroxychloroquine-rated-most-effective-therapy-do/

 

Fauci as a Scientist will not make a comment one way or another ( factual) until clinical trials are done.. Those take time.. Asking him the same questions over and over and over again solves nothing..

Claiming he was "silenced" could only come from a wacko bird source like Common Dreams


Claim they are "independent" then write this...

We share our readers’ progressive values of social justice, human rights, equality and peace. Common Dreams is committed to not only being your trusted news source, but to encouraging critical thinking and civic action on a diverse range of social, economic, and civil rights issues affecting individuals and their communities.

 

common dreams, lol. pearl clutching.

 

Ok. I laffed.

 

"He said the medical world must conduct clinical trials to ensure the combo is safe and effective — a process that can take months — but that he’s not trying to pick a fight with the president."

I need a link to the website that you claim that 6000 doctors "polled from around the world rank it best treatment so far". The Washington Times has been rated by Media Bias as being an right wing leaning opinion website. So I immediately discard anything coming from that source.

If you want the 'real' words from Dr. Fauci in relation to the anti-malaria drug, try reading some legitimate articles written by legitimate journalists.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/coronavirus-fauci-trump-anti-malaria-drug
Fauci: no evidence anti-malaria drug pushed by Trump works against virus

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...second-opinion-hydroxychloroquine/2953155001/
Fauci maintained that there is still only anecdotal information and that more rigorous studies need to be done to see the true effect of the drug, according to the reports.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/...idence-anti-malaria-drug-works-on-coronavirus
Fauci warns there's no 'strong' evidence anti-malaria drug works on coronavirus

You're very welcomed to continue to believe the self-proclaimed 'social scientist' Peter Navarro, but speaking for myself, I choose to trust the experts.

 

If an idiot blithers in the forest and nobody hears him, did he blither??

Who is even watching this donut anymore??

Fauci has several independent outlets to get his message across.... You can pass on his trained monkey appearances on the Donald J. Trump Funtime Hour (or two)...

When I have to watch something on this Trump-driven pandemic, I'll watch Cuomo at noon, and I'm not even from New York...

 

Try 'laughing' instead.

 

The link is in the post you quoted.


Same with the doctor saying he has no disagreement with the President.

 

Has that moron yet taken responsibility for letting thousands of New Yawkers die by his issuance of an Executive Order banning the prescription of Dr. Zelenko's Protocol to home bound suffers of the Wuhan Virus even though there's over 20 million doses available?

 

I hear you, EB.

Even giving an IMBECILE (like Trump) the time of day = Feeding the Troll.

 

Again... Any evidence for or against it will not be considered by him until there are Clinical Trials.. Thanks for proving our point.

 

Any dangers of the treatment, should you require it, should be discussed between you and your doctor before he writes your prescription. Isn’t that usually how it goes down?

 

You just called the Surgeon General a trained monkey... ( yes i know Fauci is not the SG)

 

That partisan bullshit in this thread is sickening.

It's an answer that should be answered by Trump because he's the one recommending it. It's definitely a valid question that needs to be answered, what's the numbers? Has it improved conditions 75 out of 100 patients? 10 out of 10? 30 out of 100? If you recommend a treatment on the downlow, give some current percentages. Without that it's completely reckless.

 

"Trump driven pandemic"? Thanks for the laugh and be sure to watch the news for never ending, wall to wall coverage of the Rona virus.