“There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”
What PolitiFact found
Five randomized controlled studies looked at whether the drug prevented the disease, or helped them recover faster. None found any clear effect.
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In short
Brett Giroir (Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services) made this claim around 2 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 August 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Brett Giroir has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 1 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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