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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 09:45 PM Apr 2020

OK, so he is promoting drugs used to treat lupus and malaria [View all]

But when he is adding an antibiotic, someone has to speak up.

From a story in the WSJ: Mr. Trump advised Americans to consult their doctors before taking hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, an antibacterial drug that some doctors have also prescribed to coronavirus patients. “I’m not a doctor, but I have common sense,” he said.

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Antibacterial drugs are not effective against viruses. It has been the over use of antibiotics in the past 40 years, or so, that many bacteria became resistant and new effective drugs are hard to find.



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