With the help of the Food and Drug Administration, which has fast-tracked the effort, the state of New York is trying out potential treatments for people who have contracted COVID-19. Under the direction of Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state is testing out three medications — hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine and azithromycin — combinations of which have produced promising results for those infected by coronavirus, which President Trump has repeatedly highlighted in public statements.

The Washington Post, which, like many other left-leaning mainstream outlets has criticized Trump for “overhyping” the medications as a potential treatment for the virus, reported Thursday on New York’s treatment effort, which the paper describes as a “human experiment” involving potentially thousands of patients that is “moving at unprecedented speed and scale.”

“New York will use three medications — hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin — contributed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Amneal Pharmaceuticals,” the paper reports, citing state officials. “The first wave of patients will receive hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.” The study’s findings will contribute to a federally coordinated “observational” trial, which will compare the treatment method with a placebo. “In addition to mortality and overall recovery, the study will measure patients’ overall viral load, duration on a ventilator and number of days in the hospital,” the Times explains.

The Food and Drug Administration has moved with “uncommon speed” to authorize New York’s distribution of the drugs through hospitals, the Post notes. While experts say such an effort would usually take up to nine months, the timeline “has been compressed into three days,” the paper reports.

The Post repeatedly underscores that the treatment has not yet been proven to be effective by officials and highlights “concerns” among health experts about the Trump and Cuomo-promoted medications, which sometimes have dangerous side effects, like “fatal heart arrhythmia and vision loss.” The Post’s editorial board has accused Trump of causing “damage” by pointing to the treatment as a potential “cure.” The paper’s new report suggests Trump, and to a lesser extent Cuomo, may be guilty of “raising false hopes in the American public” and “contribut[ing] to runs on supply and hoarding” of the drugs.

But the Republican president and the Democratic governor appear to agree that the promise of the much-needed treatment trumps concerns about “overhyping.”