French President Emmanuel Macron met with professor Didier Raoult, who has been pushing for a controversial chloroquine-based treatment for coronavirus
Raoult has been touting the use of an antimalarial drug as a treatment for COVID-19,
results were based on a small sample of patients and not up to scientific standards for published studies — drawing criticism from the medical community. “A visit doesn't legitimize a scientific protocol, a visit marks interest by the head of state, for the executive, for clinical trials, whether they are promising or not,” the official said.Officials in Macron's office denied he was getting ahead of the results of those clinical trials, bowing to popular pressure or politicizing the issue despite Raoult's lightning rod profile.
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