Did anyone else get the impression that Trump thinks that magic drug of his should be taken

[Baitball Blogger]

daily as a preventative? And if he thinks it's a preventative, is he hoarding the medication to distribute it in the old fashion way? His cronies come first?

[LiberalLoner]

1. Yes, that was my impression.

If people take this as a preventive measure, I think there will be fatalities.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. He is obviously still uncertain, because he kept baiting the media to check if Lupus sufferers

have been able to ward off COVID-19 due to the medication. Which makes his coaxing to others to "just take it," something that is unspeakably wrong. Is he trying to conduct his own unscientific clinical test?

[Thomas Hurt]

2. He picked this up from some far right nutjob...and is using it as a prop to try to allay fears.

[Grasswire2]

4. He keeps hawking it like a snake oil salesman of old.

Seriously.

I expect him to say "But wait! There's more!"

How can the AMA let him continue this dangerous pitch without comment?

[crickets]

5. His pushing chloroquine and related drugs is dangerous and ill advised.

News media should be covering that fact repeatedly, all day every day: that it should not be taken as a preventative, that it is not shown to be a miracle cure or any cure at all, that the side effects can be dangerous, and that the demand is negatively impacting lupus and RA patients who actually need this drug and are now having trouble getting it.