First Thing: yes, Trump really is taking hydroxychloroquine

The White House says the president is taking the anti-malarial to guard against Covid-19, with the consent of his physician

The White House has backed up Donald Trump’s claim that he is taking a daily dose of hydroxychloroquine to protect himself against the coronavirus. The FDA has warned against using the anti-malarial drug for such a purpose, saying it could cause heart problems, but the president’s official physician, Sean Conley, wrote a memo stating that, following discussions with the president, they concluded that the “potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks”.

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