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Sanjay Gupta
- Sanjay Gupta: There are stories circulating on the Internet now that in India and elsewhere the drug Ribavirin has been shown to be effective against this virus. Yet, Homeland Security is telling the CDC not to make any announcements until stockpiles of the drug could be secured.
- Dr. Ellis Cheever: Well, Dr. Gupta, there continue to be evaluations of several drugs. Ribavirin is among them. But right now, our best defense has been social distancing, No hand-shaking, staying home when you're sick, washing your hands frequently.
- Sanjay Gupta: Can you tell us, to date, how many people have died from this virus?
- Dr. Ellis Cheever: Very difficult. We're still working on confirming that number. There are 50 different states in this country - which means there are 50 different Health Departments followed by 50 different protocols.
- Sanjay Gupta: Alan, today on Twitter you wrote that the truth about this virus is being kept from the world by the CDC, by the World Health Organization, to allow friends of the administration to benefit from it both financially and physically.
- Alan Krumwiede: There are therapies we know are effective right now, like forsythia, and they don't even appear on the CDC website.
- Sanjay Gupta: On your blog, you also wrote that the World Health Organization is somehow in bed with pharmaceutical companies?
- Alan Krumwiede: Because they are. That's who stands to gain from this They're working hand in glove. And the *hand* is reaching into our pockets.