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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrazil's president says hydroxychloroquine to cure his virus
Source: Associated Press
Brazils president says hydroxychloroquine to cure his virus
By MARCELO DE SOUSA and DAVID BILLER
July 8, 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he is confident that he will swiftly recover from the new coronavirus thanks to treatment with hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug that has not been proven effective against COVID-19.
Bolsonaro said he tested positive for the new coronavirus on Tuesday after months of downplaying its severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country.
The president told reporters he underwent a lung X-ray on Monday after experiencing fever, muscle aches and malaise. As of Tuesday, his fever had subsided, he said, and he attributed the improvement to hydroxychloroquine.
He stepped back from the journalists and removed his mask at one point to show that he looked well.
The 65-year-old right-wing populist who has been known to mingle in crowds without covering his face confirmed the results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters huddled close in front of him in the capital, Brasilia.
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By MARCELO DE SOUSA and DAVID BILLER
July 8, 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he is confident that he will swiftly recover from the new coronavirus thanks to treatment with hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug that has not been proven effective against COVID-19.
Bolsonaro said he tested positive for the new coronavirus on Tuesday after months of downplaying its severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country.
The president told reporters he underwent a lung X-ray on Monday after experiencing fever, muscle aches and malaise. As of Tuesday, his fever had subsided, he said, and he attributed the improvement to hydroxychloroquine.
He stepped back from the journalists and removed his mask at one point to show that he looked well.
The 65-year-old right-wing populist who has been known to mingle in crowds without covering his face confirmed the results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters huddled close in front of him in the capital, Brasilia.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/f761b0a592f8e4083c4e64d816359eb4
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Meanwhile, Dolt45 is claiming vindication for his support for hydroxychloroquine.
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Brazil's president says hydroxychloroquine to cure his virus (Original Post)
Eugene
Jul 2020
OP
Maybe if we're lucky, he'll experience some of the more infamous side effects...
backscatter712
Jul 2020
#4
Budi
(15,325 posts)1. Yup. Okay well good luck with that.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)2. I prescribe double of even triple doses for him.
ecstatic
(32,928 posts)3. Time to send a message
🙏 🙏
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)4. Maybe if we're lucky, he'll experience some of the more infamous side effects...
denem
(11,045 posts)5. Wait till the 2nd week, bozo.
BGBD
(3,282 posts)6. Subsiding fever
doesn't really say much. It seems the fever come and goes for a long time in a lot of cases, being absent in the day and returning with high spikes at night.
oasis
(49,979 posts)7. Could be the shithead doesn't have the virus but if he becomes
the poster boy for hydroxyc promotion.....💵💰💵💰💵💰