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Sancho

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Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:05 PM Jul 2020

Mike Pence Met With Group Behind Viral Coronavirus Misinformation Video

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/pence-coronavirus-video-doctors-hydroxychloroquine_n_5f21d7c4c5b6b8cd63b15277?ncid=other_facebook_eucluwzme5k&utm_campaign=share_facebook&fbclid=IwAR0ocCJB8HkqFqeADR7PNovDyR46JPhrftVPE7kViddJKrNjXfN77cfAH_Q

Vice President Mike Pence held a quiet meeting on Tuesday with a group called America’s Frontline Doctors to discuss the use of unproven anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19. The meeting came as video of a Monday press conference held by the group was going mega-viral online, racking up tens of millions of views and leading to a widespread effort by social media companies to remove the video and penalize some people who shared it, including one of the president’s sons.

Pence’s office did not publicize the meeting nor respond to requests for comment, but several members of the group tweeted Tuesday evening that the meeting had just occurred. “Just finished a great meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and his Chief of Staff,” wrote James Todaro, a member of the group who trained as an ophthalmologist. “We are doing everything to restore the power of medicine back to doctors. Doctors everywhere should be able to prescribe Hydroxychloroquine without repercussions or obstruction.”

Todaro, who also presents himself as a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, co-authored a widely circulated Google Docs file proclaiming the benefits of hydroxychloroquine in March. It claimed to be affiliated with Stanford Medical University and several other institutions, but HuffPost reported in March that wasn’t true. Google removed the document for violating its terms of service, but not before it gained the attention of Fox News and other right-wing media outlets, which began promoting the document. Trump advocated for the drug shortly after.


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Mike Pence Met With Group Behind Viral Coronavirus Misinformation Video (Original Post) Sancho Jul 2020 OP
It woulda been perfect if Pence had some Russians in at the same time... abqtommy Jul 2020 #1
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