Here’s what happened when the US president said he was taking hydroxychloroquine

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On Monday, Donald Trump claimed during a press conference that he has regularly been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine.

On Tuesday he confirmed that no, he wasn’t joking, and defended his use of it again to an utterly dazed gaggle of press.

Now’s not the time to go into it, but let’s all just be clear that this medication is not a known cure for Covid-19 and can also have dangerous side effects if taken without proper medical consultation.