Clarence Page: With hydroxychloroquine statement, President Trump distracts from real health care issues
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
May 20, 2020
3 minutes
When President Donald Trump sounded in a recent gaffe as though he were suggesting disinfectant “by injection” might be a dandy treatment for the coronavirus, the five-alarm backlash suggested he should stay away from giving medical advice. Instead, he has doubled down.
During a Monday news briefing, the president told reporters that he is taking the drug hydroxychloroquine as protection against the coronavirus, despite doctors’ warnings that it may be more likely to kill or seriously injure you than prevent you
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