APPRECIATE IT. MY FRONT LAWN STILL KIND OF LOOKS LIKE CORN FLAKES.
WE WILL TAKE IT.
>> THE TOWNHALL CONTINUES WITH
SOME BIG NEWS, JUST TO THE EAST
IN ROCHESTER, EASTMAN KODAK
COMPANY GOT A THREE QUARTERS OF
$1 BILLION, A LOAN FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE
INGREDIENTS FOR DRUGS INCLUDING
ONE WE HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT
LATELY, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
>> MORE ON THAT CONTROVERSY
SURROUNDING THE PARTICULAR DRUG
IN A MOMENT BUT FIRST THIS WAS
A BIG DEAL FOR THE ROCHESTER
AREA TODAY.
WHITE HOUSE TRADE ADVISOR,
PETER, JOINED OTHERS AT THIS
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT AT KODAK LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.
>>> THE GOAL IS TO PRODUCE MORE
OF OUR DRUGS DOMESTICALLY,
INSTEAD OF RELYING ON OTHER
COUNTRIES.
KODAK WILL REPAY THIS LOAN,
OVER 25 YEARS.
WHILE THE COMPANY HAS BEEN
CONNECTED TO PHOTOS AND FILM,
IT IS SHIFTING MORE AND MORE TO
CREATING PHARMACEUTICAL
INGREDIENTS, WHICH WILL MAKE UP
MORE THAN A THIRD OF ITS
PRODUCTION.
>> THIS LOAN IS EXPECTED TO
HELP CREATE AT LEAST 350 NEW
JOBS, THE COMPANY CEO SENT 300
OF THOSE WILL BE IN ROCHESTER.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT?
>> IT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR OVER
100 YEARS IN THE MANUFACTURING
OF CHEMICALS.
THIS IS NOT NEW FOR US.
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO LEVERAGE
OUR HERITAGE AND INNOVATION
ALONG WITH OUR EXPERIENCE.
AND OUR EXTENSIVE USE OF THE
PARK WHICH IS PERHAPS ONE OF
THE GREATEST GEMS IN AMERICA.
THE PARK OFFERS UTILITIES,
BRAILLE, ENERGY, WATER, STEAM,
IT IS VERY EFFICIENT.
IT IS CLEAN.
CHEMICAL RECOVERY.
IS IDEAL FOR WHAT WE ARE ABOUT
TO DO HERE AND EMBARK ON.
>> EXCITING NEWS FOR KODAK IN
ROCHESTER BUT AS WE MENTIONED
THE COMPANY WILL MAKE
INGREDIENTS FOR THE DRUG,
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
THAT HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A
LOT OF CONTROVERSY WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTING IT EVEN
AS HIS OWN GOVERNMENT EXPERTS
EXPRESS A LOT OF CAUTION.
>> OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
MONTHS, WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF
VIEWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
HERE IS SOME OF WHAT WE KNOW.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME EVIDENCE
THAT THE DRUG MAY HELP FIGHT
THE CORONAVIRUS, AND ONE STUDY
FROM DETROIT FOUND PEOPLE ON
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WERE LESS
LIKELY TO DIE, FROM COVID-19.
THAT IS ONE STUDY, AND OTHERS
HAVE FOUND THE OPPOSITE, THAT
IT DOESN'T HELP TREAT THE
DISEASE AND IT CAN HAVE
DANGEROUS SIDE EFFECTS.
>> THAT IS WHY THE FDA REVOKES
THE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION
TO USE THE DRUG, TO TREAT COVID-
19 OUTSIDE OF THE CLINICAL
TRIALS.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE FDA PUT
OUT A SAFETY REPORT THAT
DETAILS REPORTS OF SERIOUS
HEART RHYTHM PROBLEMS, AND
OTHER SAFETY ISSUES, INCLUDING
BLOOD, AND LYMPH SYSTEM
DISORDERS, KIDNEY INJURIES, AND
LIVER PROBLEMS AND FAILURE.
>> THAT IS A HEADLINE ON THE
FDA WEBSITE.
IT SAYS THE FDA CAUTIONS
AGAINST THE USE OF THIS DRUG,
OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL SETTING,
OR IN A CLINICAL TRIAL.
STILL, PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED
OUT A VIDEO OF SOME DOCTORS WHO
CLAIM HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS A
CURE FOR COVID-19.
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER REMOVED
THE VIDEO, THEY CALL IT
MISINFORMATION.
>> ALL OF THIS HAPPENING OVER
JUST THE PAST 12 HOURS OR SO.
BY THE WAY THE HOUSTON DR. WHO
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE IN THAT
VIDEO THAT WAS TWEETED OUT, SHE
CALLED THE DRUG A CURE, AND SHE
HAS QUITE A BACK STORY.
SHE SAYS THAT SOME PEOPLE GET
CYSTS AND BECOME INFERTILE OR
IMPOTENT BECAUSE THEY ARE
HAVING SEX WITH WITCHES AND
DEMONS IN THEIR DREAMS.
SHE SAYS ALIEN DNA CAUSES A LOT
OF OUR HEALTH PROBLEMS.
AND SHE SAYS THAT YOU DON'T
NEED TO WEAR A MASK.
IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC.
PEOPLE ARE QUESTIONING HER
QUALIFICATIONS, STILL THE
PRESIDENT TWEETED THAT VIDEO,
RETWEETED IT, HIS SON ENDORSED
IT.
DOCTOR ANTHONY ADDRESSED ALL OF
THIS EARLIER TODAY.
>> WE SHOULD ALL BE WEARING
MASKS OUTSIDE, GEORGE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS YOU
HEARD THE DOCTOR MENTIONED WHEN
SHE WAS MAKING A COMMENT, IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT, THERE ARE
CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL THINGS WE
SHOULD BE DOING, PARTICULARLY
IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN AN AREA
WHERE THERE IS VIRAL ACTIVITY.
WEAR A MASK ALL THE TIME WHEN
YOU ARE OUTSIDE.
SOCIAL DISTANCE, SIX FEET AT
LEAST.
AVOID CROWDS.
CLOSE BARS IN AREAS WHERE THERE
IS VIRAL ACTIVITY AND DO HAND
HYGIENE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT
REALLY ARGUABLE.
>> HOW ABOUT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE?
WE KNOW THE FDA HAS RECOMMENDED
AGAINST EMERGENCY USE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
EXACTLY.
I GO ALONG WITH THE FDA.
THE OVERWHELMING PREVAILING
CLINICAL TRIALS THAT HAVE
LOOKED AT THE EFFICACY OF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE HAVE
INDICATED THAT IT IS NOT
EFFECTIVE IN CORONAVIRUS
DISEASE.
>> IT IS DEFINITELY NOT A CURE,
BUT RESEARCH IS ONGOING AND WE
WILL KEEP YOU POSTED IF WE
LEARN MORE