If the president was able to keep his mouth shut these HQ studies could have continued uninterrupted and the conversation around HQ wouldn't be such a political mess.
On the other hand, people who hate Trump like the editor of the Lancet actually did manage to interrupt studies. After publishing the now retracted "HCQ is dangerous" paper, lots of studies were suspended worldwide.
Yes it does. The president went on TV and blabbered about things he knows nothing about and turned HQ into a political issue.
His inability to shut up and listen to public health experts, his need to stroke his ego and insert himself into every situation, makes the president the fons et origo, the problem in the first place.
Remember when "the buck" stopped with the president? When the president was a respectable, thoughtful person? When the president wouldn't do something as foolish and irresponsible as telling Americans to try a drug he heard about on cable news?
He could have done one thing to improve America's response to Covid-19: shut up and listen to experts. But there's something innate in this president, his comically obvious case of narcissistic personality disorder, that doesn't let him do that.
I cant fucking stand this type of shit anymore. No critical thinking, just attach some initial opinion about something based on how its been politicized and never think about it again. It's either Trump is God is said ots good so it's good, or Trump is the devil and said it's bad so its bad. Then just dismiss any sort potential evidence to contrary as propaganda / conspiracy / etc.
Wish there was was away to get away from it.