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Trump Goes Against the Experts

May 19, 2020 at 6:44 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Playbook: “In saying he is ingesting hydroxychloroquine against the advice of his government’s experts and refusing to use a mask, President Trump has unleashed the wail of a siren to his base that he is in charge — not the medical experts in his administration — and will do as he pleases.”

“No two health issues in the coronavirus era have divided America like the use of facial coverings and hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that some have advocated for use against Covid-19. Political leaders and health experts have advised that people wear masks in public, while physicians and scientists have suggested using hydroxychloroquine could be dangerous and even deadly under some circumstances. Trump — the most visible man on planet Earth — has decided to go his own way.”

“Is he actually taking it? Who knows. The timing he laid out — that he’s been taking it for a few weeks — lines up with when his personal valet got sick. But you’d be excused for being a bit skeptical because so much of what he has said doesn’t check out.”

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