Philadelphia Eagles cornerback and former Super Bowl champion Jalen Mills suffered a setback after one of his tweets appeared to support doctors in Washington praising the benefits of using hydroxychloroquine to treat patients with COVID-19.
The video was posted to Twitter multiple times and was once shared by President Trump. It was unclear when the video was filmed. Later, Twitter deleted the particular video shared by Trump for a violation of his disinformation policy.
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Mills tweeted a user’s tweet, saying, “RT, the world should listen to this.”
Twitter users criticized Mills for sharing the video.
One of the doctors, who was identified in the reports as Dr. Stella Immanuel, claimed that he treated more than 350 coronavirus patients, some with diabetes and high blood pressure, and none died after receiving hydroxychloroquine, zinc and Zithromax. She claimed that she even administers the drug in prophylactic measures.
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The New York Times noted recent studies that questioned the effectiveness of the treatment and called the video “the latest example of misinformation that has spread” about the virus.
Breitbart reported that a group called the United States Frontline Doctors held a press conference that was “organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots.” The event included doctors and an appearance by Representative Ralph Norman, RS.C., according to the report.
The video makes spectacular claims about the treatment that essentially calls it everything but a cure. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there is no specific antiviral treatment recommended for COVID-19.
The Breitbart report claims that the video was later removed by social media. Twitter did not immediately respond to a Fox News inquiry, and a Facebook spokesperson told Breitbart that the video was removed because it shared false information “about cures and treatments for COVID-19.”
The antimalarial drug debate has been raging for weeks and critics of Trump have accused him of over-selling an unproven treatment. Trump supporters have accused social media companies of silencing what are considered marginal views on the disease.
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In April YouTube was criticized for removing a viral video of two California doctors questioning the level of threat from the coronavirus.
The New England Journal of Medicine reported in June that a study showed that hydroxychloroquine was no better than placebo pills at preventing coronavirus disease. However, the drug did not appear to cause serious harm: Approximately 40 percent of the people given the drug had side effects, mainly mild stomach problems.
Jalen Mills # 31 of the Philadelphia Eagles watches before the game against Washington at FedExField on December 15, 2019 in Landover, Maryland (Photo by Scott Taetsch / Getty Images)
“We were disappointed. We would have liked this to work, ”said study leader Dr. David Boulware, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Minnesota. “But our goal was to answer the question and conduct a high-quality study,” because the evidence on the drug so far has been inconclusive, he said. The Lancet published a study that found coronavirus patients were more likely to develop severe cardiac arrhythmias if treated with the drug, but that study was later withdrawn.
Dr. Harvey Risch, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, told Fox News last week that he believes hydroxychloroquine could save 75,000 to 100,000 lives if the drug is widely used to treat the coronavirus.
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“There are many doctors about whom I have received hostile comments, saying that all the evidence is bad and, in fact, that is not true at all,” Risch told “Ingraham Angle,” adding that he believes the drug can be used. as “prophylactic” for front-line workers, as other countries like India have done.
Risch regretted that a “propaganda war” is being waged against the use of drugs for political purposes, not based on “medical facts.”
Fox News’ Edmund DeMarche contributed to this report.
