This was bound to happen after sociopath and mentally unfit Donald "Moron Vector" Trump started riffing recklessly about "miracle" cures at the coronavirus daily briefings. Here's a warning from Banner Health about chloroquine, which Trump has been touting in an effort to
"Medical toxicologists and emergency physicians are warning the public against the use of inappropriate medications and household products to prevent or treat COVID-19. In particular, Banner Health experts emphasize that chloroquine, a malaria medication, should not be ingested to treat or prevent this virus. [snip]He's desperately looking for an off ramp to his bungling of the response to the pandemic, looking at the stock market dropping in parallel to his reelection hopes, not at the public good. The fact that he's looking at sending people back to work in a matter of days just when COVID-19 cases are multiplying each day is a sign of his depravity and malignant narcissism.
A man has died and his wife is under critical care after the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks. Within thirty minutes of ingestion, the couple experienced immediate effects requiring admittance to a nearby Banner Health hospital.
Most patients who become infected with COVID-19 will only require symptomatic care and self-isolation to prevent the risk of infecting others. Check first with a primary care physician. The routine use of specific treatments, including medications described as ‘anti-COVID-19’, is not recommended for non-hospitalized patients, including the anti-malarial drug chloroquine." (our emphasis)
UPDATE: File under "sadder but wiser"? The wife of the man who died had this advice--
“Don’t take anything. Don’t believe anything. Don’t believe anything that the President says and his people… ’cause they don’t know what they’re talking about. And don’t take anything, be so careful. And call your doctor.” (our emphasis)
