OK...so Trump either is or is not taking hydroxychloroquine. He says he is, but he has zero familiarity with the concept of objective truth, so...who knows? We do know that he has likely been exposed to the virus, but is currently showing no symptoms.
There's zero point in getting into online conspiracy fantasms about whether he has a vaccine or whatever, the real question is why he keeps pimping hydroxychloroquine. The medical community is pretty clear that it's not a decent treatment and comes with significant side effects.
The usual explanations for his obsession with hydroxychloroquine is that he either A) has a boatload of stock in the company that makes or is otherwise benefitting from touting it for financial reasons or B) he's so desperate for a treatment to re-open the economy that he is grasping at any shiny object that holds out that hope.
There IS a possibility that Remdesivir could be a viable treatment, though it still needs more testing. Why wouldn't he plumping that therapy? Maybe he simply can't admit that he's wrong. It would be completely on brand for him to be taking Remdesivir but telling everyone he's taking hydroxychloroquine. He will look "tough" for the Trumpenproletariat, but he will also be protecting himself from infection.
Or maybe the White House doctor is giving him a baby aspirin and telling him it's hydroxychloroquine. Who knows? We live in the dumbest timeline. Anything is possible and the dumber it is, the more likely it is.
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