United States President, Donald
Trump, has hailed a Nigerian-born doctor in America, Stella Immanuel, for her
stance on COVID-19 treatment.
Trump’s commendation was sequel
to her insistence that coronavirus has a cure.
At a news conference in
Washington D.C., Immanuel insisted that three drugs were effective against the
virus.
The physician listed them as,
Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Zithromax.
Trump had shared a footage of Immanuel
addressing the media.
But the video, already viewed by
millions worldwide via different platforms, was taken down by Twitter.
Other social media majors,
YouTube and Facebook did the same.
The deletion sparked a fresh
debate about the purported conspiracy of the pandemic and if COVID-19 truly has
a cure.
Trump’s critics have launched
attacks on Immanuel, accusing her of misinformation.
But the American leader’s
supporters insist that her comments should not be discarded, wondering why
opponents were being pessimistic.
At a White House briefing on
Tuesday, Trump answered a question about Immanuel and her claim.
“She was on air along with many
other doctors. They were big fans of hydroxychloroquine”, the president said.
“I thought she was very
impressive in the sense that from where she came, I don’t know which country
she comes from, but she said that she’s had tremendous success with hundreds of
different patients.”
Trump added: “I thought her voice
was an important voice but ut I know nothing about her.”
As the reporter pressed further,
Trump said: “Okay, thank you very much everybody, thank you”. He then walked
out of left the room.
During her speech, Immanuel asserted that she successfully treated 350 patients with Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc and Zithromax."I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her," President Trump says of the video he retweeted where a woman claims masks don't work & there's a cure for Covid-19. Instead of explaining the contradiction given he's endorsed masks, Trump left the room. pic.twitter.com/k8jKdrI1oz— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 28, 2020
Trump has been a strong advocate
of the mixture, insisting it was the solution to coronavirus.
Medical experts disagree and opine
that only a vaccine could guarantee a total cure.
Below are excerpts of Immanuel’s
speech.
“Hello, I’m Dr Stella Emmanuel.
I’m a primary care physician in Houston, Texas. I went to medical school in
West Africa, Nigeria, where I took care of malaria patients, treated them with
hydroxychloroquine and stuff like that. So I’m used to these medications.
“I’m here because I have
personally treated over 350 patients with COVID-19. Patients that have
diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma, old people. I think my oldest patients
are 92, 87-year-olds. And the result has been the same. I put them on
hydroxychloroquine, I put them on zinc, I put them on Zithromax, and they’re
all well.
“After taking care of over 350
patients, we’ve not lost one. And on top of that, I’ve put myself, my staff,
and many doctors that I know on hydroxychloroquine for prevention because by
the very mechanism of action, it works early and as a prophylaxis. The study
that made me start using hydroxychloroquine was a study that they did under the
NIH in 2005 that says it works.
“Recently, I was doing some
research about a patient that had hiccups and I found out that they even did a
recent study in the NIH, which is our National Institute of Health. I know
you’re going to tell me that you treated 20 people, 40 people, and it didn’t
work. I’m a true testimony. So I came here to Washington DC to tell America
nobody needs to get sick.
“This virus has a cure. It is
called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you people want to talk
about a mask. Hello? You don’t need a mask. There is a cure.I tell all of you
doctors that are sitting down and watching Americans die. You’re like the good
Nazi, the good Germans that watched Jews get killed and you did not speak up.
“I’ve gotten all kinds of
threats. Or they’re going to report me to the bots. I say, you know what? I
don’t care. And if this is the hill where I get nailed on, I will get nailed on
it. You can kill me, you can do whatever, but I’m not going to let Americans
die. And today I’m here to say it, that America, there is a cure for COVID-19.”
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