Trump says he may take drug to treat coronavirus, questions states' ventilator needs

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'What really do we have to lose?' asks President Trump as he promotes the use of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the press briefing room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Trump faced criticism for initially playing down the risks of the coronavirus and has vacillated between warning Americans about its severity and complaining about its economic costs. The European Commission said this week that the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine treating COVID-19 had not been proven.

 

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Not his mind anyway - that went decades ago🤔

What we have to lose are lives.

CrimesAgainstHumanity

Side effect?

What do we have to lose? Credibility, dignity, world leadership, etc. Come to think of it yea we may nothing left to lose.

He has a stake in the name brand of one of the drugs. They paid for access to him. So of course he’s going to keep shilling for them.

Quinine

Trump has shares in it?

But it’s a

This bastard has a stake in the French company making that drug.. that’s why he is pushing it so hard

Stop airing his broadcasts.

Then he, and only he, should take it...a bunch of it.

I smell insider trading lawsuits in the future for Trump and/or his children.

You easily promote falsehood. Truth is lost. Wait for the truth. Don’t bastardize science.

Everything

WHY WOULD HE TEST SOMETHING IF HE'S NOT AFFECTED ?

Lives dip shit

How about the respect of....oh wait, never mind.

Stop mocking him, liberal murderers. This works. Thousands of lives could be saved. That won't fit your narrative though.

Trump should lead by example. Take the drug on TV at his daily briefings. Everyday. Until no COVID-19 is under control and no deaths are reported.

feed him tons of that

Hydroxychloroquine has shown promise, and will be used in a trial of 3,000 patients at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and the results will be tracked in a formal study, according to CNN.

Trump is correct and all pharmaceuticals have side affects just look at any add on tv.

This will be the largest unmanaged clinical trial ever conducted.

Sick 😷 bitchass

Then please realDonaldTrump, volunteer as a test object to see if it works. What do we have to lose, really?

He has explicitly said many times that you need to take the advice of your Doctor. Let's stop this.

the ability to reason as a matured adult*^o^*

The risk is using a drug with no proven efficacy rating covid19 to slake your massive ego.

Are you going to take it ? I want to know what this drug has in it

Trump must be getting some payola from Novartis.

If it helps 1 person, give it a try.

Hmm I don't know about this Pres trump are you taking it?

It's same line Trump used in 2016. We now see what we had to lose. Trump's welcome to personally use the antimalarial to his hearts content. What does he have to lose?

If i take anything it has to be tested.i do no this if u take a flu drug it usually has that germ I for 1 had the flu again because I took the flu shot so now I'm scared

Some of his friends in Wall Street invested in the drug, possibly him as well, $$$ is more important than lives.

What do we have to lose? Oh I don't know... More fucking lives? Both of those infected with covid-19 that it doesn't work on that didn't get a ventilator and those that actually need it. Amazing that Trump even uses this as a way to enrich himself and donors.

They always say, 'listen to your doctor', but sometimes they say, 'don't listen to your doctor'. This is when:

Please..can someone make him stop?!

Nothing for Dump he's invested in the co. 25th amendment

He definitely has stock in all the biotech or his associates do 🤷🏽‍♂️

Lives, thousands more lives with debilitating side affects. You are not a Doctor, no credible qualifications of any kind and need to be ignored. Clearly you are a major investor in this drug. Now shut up and let the professionals speak.

People could die?

Umm, your life, Donny. You can lose your life experimenting with drugs.

Trump has got to be one of the most dangerous men who have ever lived.

Their focus should be on getting medical supplies and test kits. That should be the priority

One really has to question why a non-scientific,known snake oil salesman is promoting a particular product so aggressively

We can lose our lives.

Isn’t his base all Oxy junkies? They love popping pills

Your life?

People’s lives. Those on lupus and those who would’ve survived COVID-19 if not for taking this unproven miracle cure.

Comments BS. If you couldn't breathe you would try ANYTHING

Reporter’s language is biased. Stopped listening.

Dr Trump to the lab - stat!

Politicians who aren't medical specialists should stick to advising people to wash their hands, with soap, for 20 seconds. Then shut the heck up regarding health advise.

So which Trump affiliated company will profit from this? He’s obviously got his fingers in the pie if he’s promoting it so much.

I remember the president said “what do you have to lose” to African Americans when it came to voting for him. We now know and it is a lot. Please let the experts handle this as we now have much less to lose.

POTUS THEIR LIVES THAT WHAT THEY COULD LOSE LOOK AT THE FIRST CASUALTY OF YOUR MEDICAL ADVICE. A COUPLE FROM ARIZONA HUSBAND DEAD. STOP TRYING TO BE A DOCTOR. DO WHAT YOU CAN TO BE A LEADER AND HUMAN. I KNOW ITS A TALL ORDER BUT END THE LYING AND STUPID MEDICAL ADVICE

A BETTER QUESTION-WHAT DOES THE trump CRIME FAMILY HAVE TO GAIN!? Does one of Jared Kushners SHELL CORP. OWN the rights to distribute hydroxychloroquine!? OR-- IS trump SOOO desperate to cover up his complete INCOMPETENCE that he will let people die!trumpMinisterofDeath

Anyone on their corona death bed would absolutely take the drug. Only a complete dummy would say, no.

How much stock does his family have in the company that makes this drug? Oh right we’ll never know because we can’t see his taxes or any financial records.

It literally has already killed people who believe this incompetence

What do we have to lose? Well, credibility for one thing. No, sorry. That's already gone. Guess we're good to go then.

The medications have almost zero motality- morbidity when used properly by MD Coronavirus has 1 -2 % mortality rate. The drugs are undergoing controlled tests. They have not been proven 'good or useles' Some anegdodal reports are positive. If u save one life. Isn't it worth it

Made in China, murder the World PS: 接话茬,死全家

MORE LIVES

Potentially, heart failure, liver failure or bone marrow failure... COVIDiot...

He does nothing that isn’t self serving, follow the money.

Panadol may or may not work for virus.

EMERGENCY PHC COVID-19., this solution is to stop the pandemic in a month. Everyone can go to work, work must adapt to the virus! Therapy with control only and checking for a feasibility study

Trump won’t promote anything for free , someone needs to investigate if Trump and his companies bought or partnered with hydroxychloroquine manufactures.

i wonder how he is profiting from that drug.

I like President Trump, but I think all should proceed with caution regarding this anti-malaria drug due to possible heart disorders emerging. Haste can sometimes lead to even harsher physical deficiencies. Just a thought:

why does the media want people to die? this drug has been around for several decades! Its safe. People take it every day. Why shouldn't it be promoted? Ask the question to Fauci why is he pushing a poison filled vaccine, not available for months, when people could be saved now!

He and his administration are deliberately intending to reduce us population Call it overt conspiracy

When the medical expert is asked a medical question regarding a medicine and a non-medical expert essentially gags him... this is mind-boggling. 🙄😒

Your life....

Just side effects of an as yet not thoroughly tested treatment . . .

Originally he actually said what do I have to lose.

Indeed what do we have to lose? People just don’t want Trump to be Right about this. So they’s rather complain about all kinds of BS. You’d rather see people falling like Flies than Trying something which already helped some people.

realDonaldTrump is right. That medicine has been used since many years. Stop being hyprocryts, if you or someone from your family get sick and you will have a choice between the death and a medicine which MAY work and could cause a side effect like diarea, what will you chose ?

Big pharma and their wolfpack DEA went bonkers. This is a leader.

Ask Fauci realDonaldTrump

Oooo ooo I know the answer to that, only our lives!

Why is he he still talking? He's not a doctor. He's going to get people killed. Somebody stop him already.

R, GMorning

traitor trump get lost in jail !

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