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August 4, 2020
Millions of people, the president of the United States, have noticed or shared a video in which a doctor falsely claims that there is a cure for coronavirus and that it is an aggregate with hydroxychloroquine.
The video shows several doctors in white coats giving a press conference outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. It persists on social media despite bans from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, and it was published by Breitbart, a conservative news site.
The July 27 occasion was organized through Tea Party Patriots, a conservative organization supported by Republican donors, and in the presence of U.S. Representative Ralph Norman, R.S.C.
In the video, members of a new organization called Frontline Doctors of the United States talk about several unknown conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic. One of the most common misconceptions comes from Dr. Stella Immanuel, a Houston number one physician and care minister who has been shown in medical statements, such as the extraspace DNA used in medical treatments.
“This virus has a cure. It’s called hydroxychloroquine, zinc and zithromax,” Emmanuel said. “I know you want to communicate about the mask. Hello? You don’t want a mask. There’s a cure.
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Emmanuel is false in several respects.
“This virus has a cure”
There is no cure for COVID-19.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no express antiviral remedy for the virus. Supportive care, such as rest, fluids, and pain relievers, can relieve symptoms.
“Lately there is no legal to cure COVID-19,” according to the World Health Organization.
He is “hydroxychloroquine, zinc and zithromax”
Despite Emmanuel’s anecdotal evidence, hydroxychloroquine alone or in combination with other drugs is not a proven remedy (or cure) for COVID-19.
The Food and Drug Administration has not approved hydroxychloroquine for the prevention or remedy of COVID-19. In mid-June, the FDA revoked its emergency authorization for the use of hydroxychloroquine and related drug chloroquine in the treatment of hospitalized patients COVID-19.
“It is no longer moderate that the oral formulations of HCQ and CQ may be effective in the COVID-19 remedy, and it is not moderate that the known and prospective benefits of these products outweigh their known and prospective risks.” Lead scientist Denise M. Hinton wrote.
WHO and the National Institutes of Health have also suspended their studies on hydroxychloroquine. Safety problems related to the remedy of patients with COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine come with central rhythm problems, kidney damage and liver problems.
Although some studies have shown that the drug may alleviate symptoms related to COVID-19, studies are inconclusive. Few studies have been accepted in peer-reviewed journals. And giant randomized trials, the popular gold of clinical trials, are still needed to verify the effects of studies conducted since the onset of the pandemic.
In the video, Emmanuel cited a 2005 test that found that chloroquine, not hydroxychloroquine, “is effective in inhibiting infection and spread of SARS CoV,” the official call for severe acute breathing syndrome. But the drug has not been tested in humans, the authors wrote that additional studies were needed to draw conclusions, and SARS is another COVID-19.
“You don’t want a mask”
Health advises everyone to wear a mask in public.
The reason has to do with how the coronavirus spreads. When an infected person coughs or sneezes, they expel respiratory droplets containing the virus. Those droplets can then land in the mouths or noses of people nearby.
Since some other people inflamed with coronavirus may have no symptoms, public fitness officials say they all cover their faces in public, even if they don’t feel sick.
“The spread of COVID-19 can be reduced when fabric coatings are used with other preventive measures, adding social remoteness, common hand washing, and cleaning and disinfection of affected surfaces,” according to the CDC.
Our decision
In a viral video, Emmanuel claimed that there is a cure for COVID-19, that hydroxychloroquine can treat it and that other people do not want to wear a mask to prevent the spread of the virus.
All of these claims are inaccurate. There is no known cure for COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine is not a proven remedy and public fitness officials advise everyone to wear a face mask in public.
Emmanuel is fake.
Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a national fitness policy data service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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Daniel Funke, PolitiFact
Kaiser Health News
Kaiser Health News is a non-profit data service that covers fitness issues. It is an independent editorial program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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