Posted on 03/24/2020 8:42:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
An Arizona man is dead and his wife was hospitalized after the couple ingested a form of chloroquine, a chemical that has been hailed recently by President Trump as a possible "game changer" in the fight against the novel coronavirus, according to the Phoenix hospital that treated the couple.
Banner Health hospital said in a statement that "the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks." The aquarium additive the couple ingested is not the same as the medication that has been used to treat malaria.
"Within thirty minutes of ingestion, the couple experienced immediate effects requiring admittance," the statement continued.
The hospital said that the man died of cardiac arrest and the woman was admitted in critical condition. The hospital did not name the couple.
"Given the uncertainty around COVID-19, we understand that people are trying to find new ways to prevent or treat this virus, but self-medicating is not the way to do so," said Dr. Daniel Brooks, Banner Poison and Drug Information Center medical director.
"The last thing that we want right now is to inundate our emergency departments with patients who believe they found a vague and risky solution that could potentially jeopardize their health," Brooks said.
The president, at a daily briefing on Thursday, spoke at length about chloroquine and a variant, hydroxychloroquine, as a promising preventative or treatment for COVID-19, even as Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House coronavirus task force, stepped to the microphone to temper Trump's enthusiasm for the drug, which is still undergoing clinical trials.
Trump said his administration had streamlined Food and Drug Administration procedures that could get the drug out quickly. "The nice part is that it's been around for a long time, so we know that if things don't go as planned, it's not going to kill anybody," he said.
The president said he was "a big fan" of the drug's promise against COVID-19 even as he acknowledged that it needed to be tested first.
In a briefing on Friday, Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), redoubled his caution when asked by reporters whether chloroquine was considered a treatment for COVID-19. "The answer is no, and the evidence that you're talking about ... is anecdotal evidence," he said.
However, over the weekend, Trump tweeted again about the drug, saying it had "a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine."
A form of?
And Trump was wrong, the press will say.
Aquarium cleaner is chemically different and toxic. says not for human consumption on the bottle....
I would love to look at this voting history.
this = his
The story is a ridiculous one and they are spreading it everywhere it goes to show you how absolutely dishonest the liberals are.
It would be like taking rat poison because someone told you that coumadin is a good blood thinning drug to ask your doctor about.
You know it’s a BS anti Trump article when they call it “ aquarium additive”. Of course I expect it with NPR..
“”the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks.””
what could possibly go wrong?
I think all safety and warning labels should be removed.
Let Darwin do his thing and clean up the gene pool a bit.
Poison................
Death by Fauci.
Little Fauci disparaged the actual medicine,
so these people had to eat aquarium soap.
RESIGN FAUCI, RESIGN.
The media is the enemy.
At least a dozen media outlets have run with this story. BBC News ran it and didn’t even mention it was fish tank cleaner they ate.
A lot of Low IQ voters listen to this crap. They are not able to engage in normal discussions, the pride of our current education system is no independent thinkers !!!!
Don’t drink pool tank cleaner.
When it says ‘not for human consumption’, there’s usually a reason...
Good grief.
” says not for human consumption on the bottle....”
Well even safe animal anti-biotics are forced to label this way.
Too much crying wolf.
Chloroquine is safe but hydroxchloroquine is safer an more potent
"the couple, both in their 60s, ingested chloroquine phosphate, an additive commonly used at aquariums to clean fish tanks." The aquarium additive the couple ingested is not the same as the medication that has been used to treat malaria.
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