United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again endorsed the use of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of ...
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday once again endorsed the use of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of the coronavirus, AP reported. Trump also claimed that the drug was rejected as a treatment only because he had supported it.
In a White House briefing, Trump defended his decision to promote a viral video of a group of doctors encouraging the use of the drug on Monday. The US Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its emergency use approval for the drug, and the World Health Organization has stopped its trials citing ineffectiveness.
“I think they’re very respected doctors,” Trump said, adding that they believed in the drug. “There was a woman who was spectacular in her statements about it.” The doctors were part of a group known as America’s Frontline Doctors, taking part in an event organised by fundraiser group Tea Party Patriots Action.
Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr posted videos of the event on Facebook and Twitter, but the social media giants took them down. Twitter also restricted Donald Trump Jr’s use of his account for 12 hours.
This prompted a backlash from the president’s supporters as well as some of the doctors, who accused Facebook and Twitter of censorship. “Treatment options for Covid-19 should be debated, and...
