Summary: <p>President Trump has continued to push the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for Covid-19, even though scientists say more research is needed to prove that it is safe and effective. But how'd we get here in the first place? <a href="https://twitter.com/juliacarriew?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Julia Carrie Wong</a> is a reporter for The Guardian who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/hydroxychloroquine-trump-coronavirus-drug?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other">has traced how a misleading, flawed study from France has become a widely-cited piece of evidence</a> by media personalities on Fox and elsewhere. In this podcast extra, she explains what's deeply wrong with the study's conclusions and what happened when it got to be <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/trump-promoting-unproven-covid-19-cure-after-reckless-speculation-fox-news">featured prominently by Trump's preferred television network</a>. Wong talks to Bob about what's so appealing about the hydroxychloroquine narrative and why the administration might be so attracted to it. </p>
