The drama sparked by US-based Nigerian doctor, Stella Immanuela, claiming that Hydroxychloroquine is effective for coronavirus, continues as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have removed the viral video.
Emmanuel said she had successfully treated over 350 people chiefly with the drug.
The video that surfaced had gone so viral that it garnered 14 million views on Facebook before it was taken down and shared some 600,000 times, according to Crowdtangle, a data-analytics firm owned by Facebook
In the video, which was shot in front of the United States Supreme Court, Dr Immanuel is seen with seven others wearing white lab coats calling themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors” and addressing the press.
President Trump, who is up for reelection in November, shared multiple versions of the video with his 84 million Twitter followers on Monday night.
During the press conference, she claims “you don’t need masks” to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and that recent studies showing hydroxychloroquine is ineffective for the treatment of Covid-19 are “fake science” sponsored by “fake pharma companies”.
“This virus has a cure, it’s called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax,” the woman claims. “You don’t need masks, there is a cure.”
The claims run contrary to multiple studies on the anti-malarial drug and advice from public health officials to prevent the spread of the virus.
