The US president has repeatedly promoted hydroxychloroquine even though studies have shown that it is not an effective treatment for Covid-19. FMTNews
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington yesterday.
The president admitted things were going to “get worse before they get better.” He indicated he was embracing the science. He finally urged the wearing of masks.He said it was unfair that the leading US infectious diseases specialist Anthony Fauci was more popular than him.He pushed his pet theory — counter to advice from his own government and most doctors — that the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine can be used to treat Covid-19 patients.
Twitter also blocked Trump’s son Don Jr — a major player in the president’s reelection campaign — from tweeting for 12 hours after he uploaded a version of the video. Trump has for months pushed the notion of hydroxychloroquine and says he took the drug for two weeks as a precaution, without suffering ill consequences.In his Twitter spree late Monday, the president also retweeted a growing right-wing conspiracy theory that Fauci helped push coronavirus to hurt Trump’s reelection in November.
Trump also attacked Fauci by retweeting a comment on a podcast hosted by his former advisor Steve Bannon that Fauci “misled the American public on many issues.” “We’re in the middle of a crisis with regard to a pandemic,” he said. “This is what I’ve been trained for my entire professional life.”
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