With the coronavirus surging, Trump wants drug development to move far faster. It can’t
For about 20 minutes on Thursday, President Trump undermined six decades of dogma on the development of safe and effective drugs.
Trump, addressing a nation under shelter and quarantine from the coronavirus pandemic, said a new drug for Covid-19, yet to be proved safe and effective, was now “approved or very close to approved.” Another, also not approved for coronavirus, would be “available almost immediately,” in part because using it is “not going to kill anybody.”
