*This censorship by Google—YouTube's owner—is doing harm to people's health,* *and must be challenged legally. *
*MCM * > (This article can be viewed here > <https://sharylattkisson.com/2020/05/youtube-censorship-of-hydroxychloroquine-facts/?fbclid=IwAR2ZvpFmafFJZRfPNUV5u9izjGImUlBhR0MKCSp2gD0g74eaJuEUFZv8g30> > .) > > The heavy-handed censorship of social media companies continues at a > breakneck speed. > > YouTube has removed the "Full Measure" investigation that followed the > money regarding hydroxychloroquine and the IV medicine remdesivir, calling > the story "dangerous." > > It is chilling to see third parties with so much control respond to the > behest of propagandists who are desperate to control the message and keep > certain facts hidden. > > Fortunately, the story is still posted on our website: FullMeasure.news > <http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/hydroxychloroquine>. > > What can you do? Get the word out about this harmful censorship of > information that you have a right to see. Pass along this story as well as > the link to our story and transcript below. Watch it. > <http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/hydroxychloroquine> > http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/hydroxychloroquine > > If you’ve watched the news lately, you might be under the impression that > a medicine President Trump touted as a possible game changer against > coronavirus — has been debunked and discredited. Two divergent views of the > drug, hydroxychloroquine, have emerged: the negative one widely reported in > the press and another side you’ve probably heard less about. Never has a > discussion about choices of medicine been so laced with political > overtones. Today, how politics, money and medicine intersect with > coronavirus. > > http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/hydroxychloroquine > > President Trump: Now, it may not work, in which case, hey, it didn’t work. > > Sharyl: Studies from China and France sparked early hope that a malaria > drug— hydroxychloroquine— might work against coronavirus. > > President Trump: And it may work, in which case it’s going to save a lot > of lives. > > Sharyl: But with President Trump’s first endorsement there was a major > media-driven effort to portray hydroxychloroquine as dangerous quackery. > The campaign was assisted by an online report in mid-April. It said for > sick coronavirus patients treated by the Veterans Administration, > hydroxychloroquine did not help and was linked to increased deaths. > > Reporter questions at Coronavirus Task Force Briefings: Why are you > promoting this drug? > > President Trump: I’m not. > > Reporter: You come out here every day, right, sir? Talking about the > benefits of hydroxychloroquine? > > President Trump: I want them to try it. > > Reporter: If you’re concerned — this VA study showed that actually more > people died that used the drug than didn’t. > > Sharyl: Meantime, popular support built around a second medicine: > remdesivir. Delivered as an IV fluid in the veins, remdesivir was first > developed for Ebola, but never FDA approved. Early tests in coronavirus > patients proved no survival benefits but said patients did recover four > days faster. > > Dr. Anthony Fauci: That the data shows that remdesivir has a clear cut > significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery. This is > really quite important. > > Tucker Carlson: Donald Trump is for it. > > Sharyl: Camps largely divided along political lines. Many right-leaning > media figures sided with hydroxychloroquine while the left-leaning press > backed remdesivir. Each accusing the other of ignoring real science. > > Dr. William O’Neill: I've never seen science politicized in 40 years of > practice. > > Sharyl: Cardiologist Dr. William O’Neill is a medical director at the > Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan where they’re studying both > remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine. > > Some people in the media are treating hydroxychloroquine as if it's > something that's being pitched by charlatans, it's dangerous, and that's > been debunked and discredited. What do you make of that? > > Dr. O’Neill: I think that's very harmful. President Trump touted it early > and so then the media set out to disprove and discredit it without any > regard for science. I think those of us that are actually involved in the > scientific endeavor feel that there is some value to it and it has to be > tested. > > Sharyl: Dr. O’Neill says he’s prescribed hydroxychloroquine to help > numerous coronavirus patients and saw improvement in all of them. He’s less > impressed, so far, by remdesivir. > > Dr. O’Neill: There's a lot of hype for the drug. I saw the original new > England Journal article study and I saw the Lancet study and to me it's > just like a big Ho Hum. I just don't see a big benefit to it. > > Sharyl: Adding to the drama and confusion, a draft version of a study was > accidentally published last month showing remdesivir did not help most > coronavirus patients and caused such serious side effects, 18 test subjects > were taken off the drug. Gilead, the maker of remdesivir, did not respond > to our interview requests but has said it ended the study because it > couldn’t find enough volunteers to take part. > > On May 1, the FDA seemed to give remdesivir the edge, allowing emergency > use for severely ill coronavirus patients at the same time, stepping up > cautions against hydroxychloroquine and its sister drug saying they should > only be taken in the hospital or as part of a formal study due to reports > of “serious heart rhythm problems.” > > Dr. O’Neill is now leading a study to find out if hydroxychloroquine can > serve a critical role as a medicine to prevent coronavirus. But he says the > bad press is making it difficult. > > Dr. O’Neill: Now people are scared to use the drug without any > scientifically valid concern. We've talked with our colleagues at the > University of Minnesota who are doing a similar study, and at the > University of Washington. We've treated 400 patients and haven't seen a > single adverse event. And what's happening is because of this fake news and > fake science, the true scientific efforts are being harmed because people > now are so worried that they don't want to enroll in the trials. > > Dr. Steven Hatfill: Why are the press running medicine in the United > States? This is not right. > > Sharyl: Dr. Steven Hatfill is a biomedical scientist who worked on Ebola > and studies pandemic responses and medicine. He says there’s an unwarranted > campaign against hydroxychloroquine. > > Sharyl: You think lives were lost because it wasn't used? > > Dr. Hatfill: Yes, lives were lost. > > He took hydroxychloroquine years ago for malaria and recently, again, to > test to prevent coronavirus. > > Sharyl: A preventive would mean, if it were to work, that the fear that > this comes back before there's a working vaccine, the fear that we have > another shutdown ... > > Dr. Hatfill: a return to work ... early detection, return to work. Would I > give it as a prophylaxis to everybody? No. But for fit, healthy, critical > workers going back to work or high risk populations; chronic obstructive > pulmonary disease, ex-smokers, diabetics, obesity ... > > Sharyl: Might work for them? > > Dr. Hatfill: It might work for them. > > Sharyl: A third scientist we spoke to, who says hydroxychloroquine has > been unfairly disparaged, is Dr. Jane Orient, head of the Association of > American Physicians and Surgeons. > > How do you account for the difference in medical and scientific opinion > about this drug? Because some people seem so certain that it can be a > positive benefit to coronavirus patients, maybe even crucial in the early > days, whereas some people are convinced it should absolutely not be used. > > Dr. Orient: That's a very good question. But the ones who have the most > experience are very enthusiastic about the possibilities. And we do have > naysayers that we suspect may have a little conflict of interest because > they are so enthusiastic about remdesivir, which is a new drug that hasn't > been approved for anything. And that so far is showing a really very > equivocal or even negative results. > > Sharyl: All three scientists criticized that VA report casting doubt on > hydroxychloroquine as little more than a list of cases with crucial details > missing. It turns out one author of the report received research funding > from Gilead, the maker of remdesivir, including a 247-thousand dollar grant > in 2018. > > Orient: I think we have to look at the money. There's no big profits made > in hydroxychloroquine. It's very cheap, easy to manufacture, been around > for 70 years. It's generic. Remdesivir is a new drug that could be very > expensive and very lucrative if it's ever approved. So I think we really do > have to consider there's some financial interest involved here. > > Dr. Hatfill: Some of these decisions did not seem to be rational. > > And when things, in my opinion that are so clear, the right path to take > aren't taken, very often: Money is somehow involved. > > Sharyl: When it comes to money, we checked financial ties among experts on > the government panel devising coronavirus treatment guidelines— which had > the effect of dialing back hydroxychloroquine use and giving an edge to > remdesivir. > > We found that of 11 members reporting links to a drug company, nine of > them named relationships to remdesivir’s maker Gilead. Seven more, > including two of the committee’s leaders, have ties to Gilead beyond the 11 > months they had to disclose. Two were on Gilead’s advisory board. Others > were paid consultants or received research support and honoraria. Nobody > reported ties to hydroxychloroquine which is now made by numerous generic > manufacturers and is so cheap, analysts say even a spike in sales would not > be a financial driver for the companies. > > In the end, politics and money aside, at least some scientists aren’t > ready to count hydroxychloroquine out of the coronavirus equation. Even if > others already have. > > Sharyl: Is it possible that it's not one or the other— that > hydroxychloroquine could be used in a certain setting, maybe for preventive > if you find out that works, and the other drug could be used in other > settings? > > Dr. O’Neill: No, Absolutely. I think, I think that it's just still very > early in this disease process that we're going to learn lot. There's 600 > studies that are being done in the United States right now on Covid to see > all sorts of different kinds of infections and combinations. We're going to > be a lot smarter at the end of the summer. So I think what I would just say > to everybody, just hold your powder. > > We wanted to hear perspectives from from Dr. Fauci and Gilead, the maker > of remdesivir, but they declined our interview requests. We also contacted > numerous scientists who have criticized or are skeptical of > hydroxycholoroquine, but they also did not want to be interviewed for this > report. > > Related: > PODCAST: Hydroxychloroquine: Politicizing Medicine > > Separating fact from spin when it comes to hydroxychloroquine's > representation in the media. > > The discussion about hydroxycholoroquine has been so politicized in the > media, that it’s hard to separate fact from spin. But we do that today. > > We also talk to a leading scientist, Dr. William O'Neill, whose > institution is studying both hydroxycholoroquine and another medicine, > remdesivir, to treat coronavirus. > PODCAST: The Hydroxychloroquine Debate and Covid-19 > > How did the anti-malaria pill hydroxychloroquine go from scientists saying > it was a great hope for treating and even preventing coronavirus... to a > media campaign that called it dangerous quackery? > > We followed the money and talked to scientists who have their own idea as > to what is going on. You'll also hear from Dr. Jane Orient of the > Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. > > Sharyl Attkisson > Managing Editor, Investigative Reporter > > “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” is broadcast Sundays to 43 million > Sinclair TV households on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW and Telemundo stations. > TV Listings & Times Here > <https://sharylattkisson.com/full_measure_station-list/> > sharylattkisson.com <http://www.sharylattkisson.com> > fullmeasure.news <http://www.fullmeasure.news> > > -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. 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