‘I’m nonetheless right here’: Trump reveals he’s been taking Hydroxychloroquine in opposition to Covid-19

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US President Donald Trump shocked reporters by revealing that he has been taking the anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine as a preventative in opposition to the coronavirus, following the recommendation of the White Home doctor.

“I have been taking it for a few week and a half now and I am nonetheless right here,” he mentioned on Monday, following a gathering with governors on the White Home. “I used to be simply ready to see your eyes mild up once I mentioned this,” he informed the reporter asking the query. 

Requested what proof he had that the drug was useful, Trump mentioned “I get a number of optimistic calls about it,” earlier than including, “What do it’s a must to lose?”

Trump had talked about the drug within the early days of the pandemic, apparently citing the analysis of a well-known if controversial French doctor who used it to deal with Covid-19 sufferers, and has hosted a Democrat state legislator who recovered from the virus with the assistance of HCQ. 

The media and the medical institution, nonetheless, rallied in condemnation of such therapy as unproven and even harmful, saying it may result in deadly coronary heart issues in some individuals. Additionally they cited preliminary research suggesting it did little or nothing to assist Covid-19 sufferers, admittedly handled at late levels of the illness.

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Hydroxychloroquine has been used for many years to deal with malaria and lupus. Final month, the US Meals and Drug Administration warned in opposition to utilizing the drug outdoors of medical trials or hospitals, citing stories of “critical coronary heart rhythm issues” in some sufferers.

As a portly 73-year-old, Trump checks off a number of threat classes for extreme coronavirus outcomes, and there have been issues about his well being after a number of White Home aides examined optimistic for the virus in latest weeks. Reporters have repeatedly pressured him to put on a face masks.

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