“On the criminally irresponsible directives issued and at the insistence by Trump medications are now being promoted and politicized for use in the USA that show little or no effect on Covid-19 other than saving stockmarket shares and the political image of a president rather than lives of Americans on a “what have we got to lose” basis. Trials have shown that the success rate is as good as Trump’s suggestion to use disinfectant. ( ODT)

Emergency drug approval differs from full FDA approval in that it is only valid while the emergency declaration – in this case, the coronavirus pandemic – remains in effect. Remdesivir is not the first drug to receive such approval for treating Covid-19 – the malaria drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine were approved on an emergency basis in late March.

via Remdesivir approved for emergency use for Covid-19 treatment in US despite lackluster clinical trials — RT USA News