COVID-19 treatment: Trump hails Stella Immanuel over the speech she made - Her voice important [Video]
US President Donald Trump praised a
Nigerian-born American doctor, Stella Immanuel, for her stand on diagnosis with
COVID-19.
Trump's commendation was a sequel to
her insistence that there is a cure for coronavirus.
At a Washington D.C. news conference,
Immanuel insisted three medications have been successful against the virus.
They were identified by the doctor as,
Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc, and Zithromax.
Trump had shared footage of Immanuel
addressing the media.
But the video, already viewed by
millions worldwide via different platforms, was taken down by Twitter.
Other social media majors, YouTube and
Facebook did the same.
The deletion sparked a fresh debate
about the purported conspiracy of the pandemic and if COVID-19 truly has a
cure.
Trump’s critics have launched attacks
on Immanuel, accusing her of misinformation.
But the American leader’s supporters
insist that her comments should not be discarded, wondering why opponents were
being pessimistic.
At a White House briefing on Tuesday,
Trump answered a question about Immanuel and her claim.
“She was on air along with many other
doctors. They were big fans of hydroxychloroquine”, the president said.
“I thought she was very impressive in
the sense that from where she came, I don’t know which country she comes from,
but she said that she’s had tremendous success with hundreds of different
patients.”
Trump added: “I thought her voice was
an important voice but ut I know nothing about her.”
As the reporter pressed further, Trump
said: “Okay, thank you very much everybody, thank you”. He then walked out of
left the room.
During her speech, Immanuel asserted
that she successfully treated 350 patients with Hydroxychloroquine, Zinc and
Zithromax.
Trump has been a strong advocate of
the mixture, insisting it was the solution to coronavirus.
Medical experts disagree and opine
that only a vaccine could guarantee a total cure.
Below
are excerpts of Immanuel’s speech.
“Hello, I’m Dr Stella Emmanuel. I’m a
primary care physician in Houston, Texas. I went to medical school in West
Africa, Nigeria, where I took care of malaria patients, treated them with
hydroxychloroquine and stuff like that. So I’m used to these medications.
“I’m here because I have personally
treated over 350 patients with COVID-19. Patients that have diabetes, high
blood pressure, asthma, old people. I think my oldest patients are 92,
87-year-olds. And the result has been the same. I put them on
hydroxychloroquine, I put them on zinc, I put them on Zithromax, and they’re
all well.
“After taking care of over 350 patients, we’ve
not lost one. And on top of that, I’ve put myself, my staff, and many doctors
that I know on hydroxychloroquine for prevention because by the very mechanism
of action, it works early and as a prophylaxis. The study that made me start
using hydroxychloroquine was a study that they did under the NIH in 2005 that
says it works.
“Recently, I was doing some research
about a patient that had hiccups and I found out that they even did a recent
study in the NIH, which is our National Institute of Health. I know you’re
going to tell me that you treated 20 people, 40 people, and it didn’t work. I’m
a true testimony. So I came here to Washington DC to tell America nobody needs
to get sick.
"I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her," President Trump says of the video he retweeted where a woman claims masks don't work & there's a cure for Covid-19. Instead of explaining the contradiction given he's endorsed masks, Trump left the room. pic.twitter.com/k8jKdrI1oz— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 28, 2020
“This virus has a cure. It is called
hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you people want to talk about a
mask. Hello? You don’t need a mask. There is a cure.I tell all of you doctors
that are sitting down and watching Americans die. You’re like the good Nazi,
the good Germans that watched Jews get killed and you did not speak up.
“I’ve gotten all kinds of threats. Or
they’re going to report me to the bots. I say, you know what? I don’t care. And
if this is the hill where I get nailed on, I will get nailed on it. You can
kill me, you can do whatever, but I’m not going to let Americans die. And today
I’m here to say it, that America, there is a cure for COVID-19.”

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