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babylonsister

(171,070 posts)
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 07:51 AM Jul 2020

Brazil's Bolsonaro Is Guzzling Trump's Unproven Malaria Drug to Treat COVID-19 Infection

https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-hits-record-high-daily-jump-in-coronavirus-cases-yet-again?ref=home

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Guzzling Trump’s Unproven Malaria Drug to Treat COVID-19 Infection
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Jamie Ross, Reporter
Published Jul. 08, 2020 5:37AM ET


Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he’s using the unproven malaria drug touted by President Trump as a treatment after he tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Bolsonaro, whose positive test was confirmed Tuesday, said he’s confident he’ll survive his brush with the disease thanks to treatment with hydroxychloroquine. Bolsonaro has spent months downplaying the severity of the pandemic as thousands died in his country. “I’m, well, normal. I even want to take a walk around here, but I can’t due to medical recommendations,” Bolsonaro said, according to AP. He posted a video to Facebook of him taking hydroxychloroquine Tuesday, and said: “I’m a lot better, so certainly it’s working... We know today there are other remedies that can help fight the coronavirus. We know none of them have their efficacy scientifically proven, but I’m one more person for whom this is working.” There is no solid evidence that hydroxychloroquine offers clinical benefit to patients who have COVID-19.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro Is Guzzling Trump's Unproven Malaria Drug to Treat COVID-19 Infection (Original Post) babylonsister Jul 2020 OP
Take double-- twice as effective! soothsayer Jul 2020 #1
LOL! fleur-de-lisa Jul 2020 #5
And take it with Lysol dalton99a Jul 2020 #11
If the drug helps him, good for him DFW Jul 2020 #2
Well said! Vinnie From Indy Jul 2020 #8
Don't forget a Bleach Chaser Jair! no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #3
"I got a really good deal on this from my friend, Donnie Two Scoops! He sold me a bridge, too!" struggle4progress Jul 2020 #4
Doubt it . He is a liar like buddy trump lunasun Jul 2020 #6
Yup. He's not taking it 2naSalit Jul 2020 #10
He should take all his medical advice from doctor don, who knows more than the real doctors spanone Jul 2020 #7
If he has heart or stomach issues. lark Jul 2020 #9
If only any of it were true. 2naSalit Jul 2020 #12
He lies so much. He's the more handsome and virile version of drumpf. lark Jul 2020 #13
Exactly. ...nt 2naSalit Jul 2020 #14

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
10. Yup. He's not taking it
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 10:59 AM
Jul 2020

and he could be lying about testing positive too. Who is there to confirm either way?

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
12. If only any of it were true.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:00 AM
Jul 2020

I suspect that he lying about testing positive, about taking this drug and he's doing it to win the favor of dr. donnie.

lark

(23,105 posts)
13. He lies so much. He's the more handsome and virile version of drumpf.
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 11:06 AM
Jul 2020

Can't trust these asshole fascists, no matter which country they infest.

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