Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, whose coronavirus diagnosis Wednesday morning caused a commotion in D.C. after he had been seen going maskless in the House, revealed to Sean Hannity on Fox News Wednesday evening he would take hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug praised by President Donald Trump that is increasingly seen by experts as largely ineffective against coronavirus and possibly dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy doctor and I are all in,\u201d Gohmert said of his plans to take hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hydroxychloroquine, while an established part of lupus, malaria and arthritis treatment, has been controversial as a coronavirus drug as the scientific and medical communities increasingly seem to be turning their back on it as evidence mounts it may not have much effect on coronavirus, and that it could come with potential dangerous side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This hasn\u2019t stopped Trump from repeatedly promoting hydroxychloroquine, even as recently as Tuesday, when he shared several posts on Twitter referring to the drug that the platform later took down for breaking the site\u2019s rules about misinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gohmert also told Hannity Wednesday that if Trump had not invited the congressman to accompany him on his trip to Texas Wednesday Gohmert \u201cwould never have known\u201d he was infected, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
His diagnosis put pressure on lawmakers in D.C. to prevent more infections, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying she will order a mask mandate as others demand more testing of lawmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for Gohmert, he will go into quarantine, as will several others who came into contact with him in recent days, like Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.), who on Sunday sat next to Gohmert on a plane.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The overwhelming, prevailing clinical trials that have looked at the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine have indicated that it is not effective in coronavirus disease,\u201d Dr. Anthony Fauci told ABC News Tuesday after Trump tweeted about the drug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Health Organization earlier this month pulled trials that tested hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir\/ritonavir, a drug used to treat HIV, on coronavirus patients after the two \u201cproduced little or no reduction\u201d in death rates in hospitals. The National Institute of Health also halted hydroxychloroquine clinical trials as a hospital treatment last month, writing in a release that it was \u201cvery unlikely\u201d to benefit coronavirus patients in hospital, though the NIH added it appeared \u201cthere was no harm\u201d in taking the drug. In June, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew a previous emergency use authorization to use hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat coronavirus after just a few months, citing heart problems as a possible side effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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