“Now people are scared to use [hydroxychloroquine]—without any scientifically valid concern,” Dr. O’Neill tells me when I follow up. “We’ve talked with our colleagues at the University of Minnesota who are doing a similar study, and at the University of Washington. We’ve treated four hundred patients and haven’t seen a single adverse event. And what’s happening is [that] because of this fake news and fake science, the true scientific efforts are being harmed. Because people now are so worried that they don’t want to enroll in the trials.” Dr. O’Neill would later say that “the saddest part” of
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