Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro wanted to make sure the administration’s top vaccine expert would be on board with a White House plan to distribute the unproven drug to hard-hit cities. He would personally distribute articles and studies around the White House that supported use of hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19, she said. ***Next, the White House ordered another shipment of 10.1 million pills on April 8. But Trump and the White House continued to tout the drug. In the White House, the scientific data detailed in the memo set off conflict, said Troye, the former senior adviser on Trump’s coronavirus task force.

Source: Washington Post October 31, 2020 12:34 UTC