"I wonder... If I surgically removed the top of his skull and poured in a bucket of concrete, would he do more damage or less damage?”

It’s not just Dr. Donald Trump and Dr. Rudy Giuliani pushing hydroxychloroquine as the miracle cure for COVID-19.

Apparently, world-renowned medical expert failed fringe economist Peter Navarro is so sure of hydroxychloroquine’s miraculous effects on the virus that he had a screaming fit in the Situation Room on Saturday when the actual doctor and global pandemic expert in the room, Tony Fauci, pointed out that Navarro’s hydroxychloroquine “studies” were anecdotal and not, you know, actual science.

Scoop: Inside the epic White House fight over hydroxychloroquine … Then Navarro got up. He brought over a stack of folders and dropped them on the table. People started passing them around. "And the first words out of his mouth are that the studies that he's seen, I believe they're mostly overseas, show 'clear therapeutic efficacy,'" said a source familiar with the conversation. ... Fauci pushed back against Navarro, saying that there was only anecdotal evidence that hydroxychloroquine works against the coronavirus. Fauci's mention of anecdotal evidence "just set Peter off," said one of the sources. Navarro pointed to the pile of folders on the desk, which included printouts of studies on hydroxychloroquine from around the world. Navarro said to Fauci, "That's science, not anecdote," said another of the sources.

So one of the world’s foremost experts on pandemics is contradicted by a failed economist on the difference between anecdotal evidence and actual science, and guess who Trump sides with? Rhetorical question, I know...

But, wait, there’s more!

Trump Eyes Accused ‘Quack’ Dr. Oz for Coronavirus Advice The president can’t stop talking about an unproven COVID-19 treatment—the same one the oft-criticized TV doctor keeps pushing and pushing. As the global pandemic and a staggering economic crisis swells, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the controversial celebrity doctor, has been advising senior Trump administration officials on coronavirus-related matters. Oz has even caught President Donald Trump’s attention with the celebrity doctor’s numerous appearances on the president’s favorite TV channel, The Daily Beast has learned. In the past couple of weeks, Trump began hearing more and more about and watching Oz, now a Fox News regular, discuss hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that Trump aggressively touted as a coronavirus treatment, much to the dismay of various medical experts and scientists. Over these two weeks, the president had specifically made a point of telling aides that he was interested in what Oz had to say and that he wished to speak to the much-maligned television personality, according to two people familiar with the president’s requests. … When asked about the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus—Oz’s current cause—on Fox & Friends on Friday morning, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the co-hosts that “although there is some suggestion with [a recent hydroxychloroquine] study that was just mentioned by Dr. Oz… I think we’ve got to be careful that we don’t make that majestic leap to assume that this is a knockout drug.” … Oz has appeared on Fox News 21 times since March 24, including a virtual town-hall event where he promoted hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment and got to speak directly to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

So, yes, Trump sided with Rudy Giuliani, Peter Navarro and Dr. Oz over one of the world’s most respected experts in pandemics.

Fauci must be so incredibly miserable. A bunch of ignorant, selfish, arrogant anti-science assholes telling him what works. All while he is getting death threats because he dared to contradict King Ignoramus.

And now Tony Fauci is forced to take a backseat to Dr. Freakin’ Oz.

We. Are. So. Fucked.