Nets Hype Experimental Virus Treatments, Bash Drug Boosted By Trump

Nicholas Fondacaro | April 8, 2020
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If President Trump was for a Wuhan Virus treatment the liberal media wanted nothing to do with it. Over the last couple of days, the evening newscasts of ABC, CBS, and NBC have spotlighted and hyped all sorts of possible treatments for the deadly virus, including treatments that wouldn’t be ready for months. At the same time, they were bashing antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which was promoted by the President and had strong anecdotal evidence that it was effective.

During Wednesday’s World News Tonight, ABC’s Dr. Jen Aston promoted a pre-trial drug that blocked the virus from attaching to lung cells. “It's a drug called EIDD 2801. A pill that blocks the coronavirus from attaching to lung cells in test tubes. It could be used to both treat and prevent COVID-19, and it set to start clinical trials in humans this spring,” she explained. “Not a moment too soon,” declared anchor David Muir.

Later that evening, during NBC Nightly News, reporter Rehema Ellis touted two different drugs that were showing promising results. Sharing the sad story of one family who had a loved one in the hospital, she boasted of the drug called Remdesivir. “Remdesivir is one of ten potential coronavirus treatments in clinical trials right now. Another 15 are in development,” Ellis touted.

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