“Hydroxychloroquine "appears to work … in a very significant way.”
Peter Navarro
White House trade adviser. CNN interview. Claim dated 7 Jul 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisMisleading
What FactCheck.org found
The study he promotes has limitations, and multiple randomized controlled trials have found the drug is not beneficial to hospitalized patients.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Peter Navarro (White House trade adviser) made this claim around 7 July 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 July 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2007/07/nday.05.html
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