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Same thing happening now with Hydroxychloroquine.

Lots of interesting articles on how it might help. Media decides it’s a political football. No more articles

> No more articles

https://news.google.com/search?q=hydroxychloroquine

Your “lots of interesting articles” were what made it a political football. Before it was picked up by the right-wing propaganda network there was one obviously flawed study and some fringe non-experts promoting it to people anxious for a cure, followed by a bunch of actual experts urging caution.

For the people who might not have followed this closely, here’s a history of the spread:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/13/how-false...

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