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The president spent April 5 still pushing hydroxychloroquine as if repetition could substitute for evidence. That put him directly at odds with public health caution and kept the White House amplifying a treatment that was not yet proven safe or effective for COVID-19.
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The president spent April 5 still pushing hydroxychloroquine as if repetition could substitute for evidence. That put him directly at odds with public health caution and kept the White House amplifying a treatment that was not yet proven safe or effective for COVID-19.
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