A Democratic party’s state legislature from Michigan has credited hydroxychloroquine for saving her life from coronavirus, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday, adding the politician has thanked him for promoting the malaria drug.
Amidst an intense debate on side effects of hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of Covid-19, Trump has been actively promoting the drug as an option when there is no viable treatment for the dreaded virus which has so far taken more than 12,800 Americans’ lives, including a record over 2,000 in just one single day on Tuesday.
Michigan State Representative Karen Whitsett has said she and her husband could save their lives from coronavirus only after they started taking hydroxychloroquine.
She asked her doctor to prescribe this after she saw President Trump touting for this drug on a news channel.
“This is a woman I thought she was going to die. I mean, she is a Democrat representative, highly respected woman, African-American woman. …the way she told the story was beautiful. I asked my husband to go and get it. He got it. She is now okay. I mean, she was interviewed last night on television, and she thanked me,” Trump told reporters at the White House.