Cardiologist accuses medical industry of ‘therapeutic nihilism’ on Fox News as host pushes COVID-19 conspiracy – Cardiovascular Business

Hydroxychloroquine, the decades-old antimalarial drug that sparked so much controversy in the early months of the pandemic, was the medication mentioned the most in the segment. Though early research did suggest hydroxychloroquine could be an effective COVID-19 treatment, multiple studies have highlighted the drug’s cardiovascular risks and found that it offered patients no real benefit. Other researchers, meanwhile, have concluded that it does provide certain benefits. It’s a topic that researchers are still evaluating, with new studies getting published almost daily.

During the interview with McCullough, host Laura Ingraham suggested that the medical industry collaborated to keep drugs such as hydroxychloroquine from gaining acceptance as a valid treatment option for COVID-19 so that it would be easier for vaccines to gain the necessary approvals.

“What we’re saying, Dr. McCullough, is that there was a concerted campaign to vilify, dismiss and lie about the effectiveness of these drugs,” Ingraham said. “There’s nothing else to call it.”

McCullough stops short of agreeing with Ingraham’s premise, responding by saying it “is not uncommon during pandemics” for different medications to be pushed to the side out of fear.

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