Folks, Donald Trump is desperate.
This coronavirus ordeal is not only not showing any signs of slowing down, it’s actively getting worse and worse with each passing day — and frankly, it’s all Donald’s fault.
So, it comes as no real surprise that Donnie is grasping as straws in a seriously desperate kind of way, in an effort to find something, anything, that will make this mess go away. Or, at least, make it look as though there’s even a chance in Hell of it ever going away.
Since nothing else seems to be working in his favor, Donald has recently reignited his blind faith in the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, despite the fact that several entities with far more education in their left toe than he’s had in his entire 74 years have repeatedly warned against the use of the medication in COVID-19 patients, including the FDA.
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But this time, Trump seems to be backing himself up with someone even crazier than himself.
Earlier this week, Trump retweeted a video of Houston doctor Stella Immanuel, in which she touted the anti-malaria drug as a coronavirus “cure” and dismissed the necessity of face-coverings to prevent the virus’ spread.
Trump doubled down during yesterday’s briefing and had this to say about the doctor who believes that cysts are a result of dream sex with demons, medicines are made with alien DNA, and vaccines are a ploy to make people anti-religious:
I can tell you this: She was on air, along with many other doctors —they were big fans of hydroxychloroquine, and I thought she was very impressive.”
And as it turns out (as is pretty customary with people that garner the support of Donald Trump), his “very impressive” doctor only gets worse from there.
According to a report from the Houston Chronicle, Trump’s new favorite medical “professional” was the subject of a medical malpractice lawsuit in January of this year after a woman lost her life.
The Chronicle’s report reads:
The lawsuit takes aim at Stella Grace Immanuel, a licensed medical practitioner and preacher whose contentious promotion of the anti-viral drug for COVID-19 treatment has received national notoriety. She holds licenses in Texas and Louisiana, where she and another doctor treated a woman in 2019 after she complained of a broken needle in her arm. The woman, identified in the suit as Leslie Norvell, explained to them at the Sabine Medical Center in Many that she had been doing an illegal drug and that a piece of the needle broke off in her arm.”
I wish I could say that I’m surprised, folks. I really… REALLY do.
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