The primary effect of the article was likely to further ingrain a partisan association with the subject matter, along with the subtext, “Whatever good SCIENCE exists, it can only be on our side [so you won’t need to think any more about it].”
An email from Prime Minister Trudeau’s director of policy and cabinet affairs, Rick Theis, to Trudeau’s lead speechwriter, Astrid Krizus, about the ordering of pandemic supplies shows that the writer was suggested to make no mention of the Government of Canada’s purchase of hydroxychloroquine alongside other supplies, when preparing an official statement.
This is ground-shaking news. Why is it not being widely reported? Why is the American media trying to run the U.S. pandemic response with misinformation?
