The clip was shared by Trump and described as a 'must watch' by his son Donald Trump Jr, but has since been deleted by Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for promoting misinformation.Īsked later by a reporter about his retweet, the president said: 'I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her.' Nonetheless the family doctor said all 350 patients she had treated with the medicine - including those with serious pre-existing conditions - had survived, and that hydroxychloroquine was so potent it made mask-wearing and lockdowns unnecessary. So far though, all the major clinical trials that have reported their findings on this question have found no benefit, and leading national health authorities have moved to restrict its use because of potential cardiac harm.
