“[W]e’ve had some great studies ... some great reports from — coming out of France, coming out of Spain, coming out of other places" about the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19.”
What FactCheck.org found
Trump cites point to unscientific anecdotal evidence, while a growing body of scientific suggests that HCQ is not effective against COVID-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (President of the United States) made this claim around 15 June 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 June 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-roundtable-discus…
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