Lie April 8, 2020 · Press conference · Coronavirus
“My administration is taking unprecedented actions to make new therapies and treatments available without delay. The doctors, the lab technicians, the companies -- I spoke to them yesterday; I spoke again today. They are coming up with things that are, I think, I hope -- in the very near future -- are going to be very, very special, very important. Our National Stockpile is now equipped with nearly 30 million hydroxychloroquine pills. So we're up to about 30 million. We're distributing by the millions. You read about State Representative Karen Whitsett, who I very much appreciate her going public. But she was, I think, very, very much helped by this pill. She saw what I was saying on television. She thought she was in very bad shape. I don't want to go further than that, but you see her story; you know her story. She's a highly respected state rep from Michigan. And she did a -- she did a -- I think she did a great service, what she -- what she's done. She's in terrific shape. She looks fantastic. And she was very generous with her statements. … In addition, the azithromycin and zinc -- they say zinc -- you should add zinc. Now, it's all -- has to be recommended by doctors, physicians. But they say zinc. I want to throw that out there because that's where they seem to be having the best result. So you add the zinc and the azithromycin.”
- Said
- April 8, 2020
- Where
- News conference
- Verdict
- Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
- Topic
- Coronavirus
- Repeated
- 43 times in the Post’s database
- Source
- Washington Post claims database (claim ID 19431)