A Texas doctor’s outright attack on what she called “fixed” science promoted by Big Pharma that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) doesn’t work has earned her praise and contempt online, with critics digging into her background.
A clip from a press conference by a group of American doctors calling themselves “Frontline Doctors of America” Starring Dr. Stella Immanuel, a self-described primary care physician in Houston, Texas, she caused an online uproar before Twitter took it down on Monday.
In the video, which was retweeted by United States President Donald Trump and many conservative experts, Immanuel said that she used the drug for the first time to treat malaria patients in Nigeria, where she received her medical training, but has now I have been using the medicine successfully to treat Covid. -19 patients in Texas and as prophylaxis.
Immanuel said he has so far treated more than 350 coronavirus-affected patients, including those with underlying health conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, asthma and the elderly, and that none of his patients had died.
This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you guys want to talk about a mask. Hello? You don’t need a mask. There is a cure.
A variety of studies have recently been carried out to determine if HCQ could be useful in treating the disease, with variable results. However, the latest research seemed to lower hopes that hydroxychloroquine would become the much-sought cure. Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) suspended clinical trials of the drug for the second time, citing its alleged ineffectiveness, while a recently published German study found that chloroquine did not inhibit the spread of the disease in human lung cells.
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While HCQ has been promoted by Trump, who said in May that he had been taking the drug “every day” As a prophylactic, the treatment is not approved by the FDA for use outside the hospital setting for patients who already have Covid-19 due to “Risk of heart rhythm problems”.
However, Immanuel seemed to argue that surveys that describe the drug as useless at best and dangerous at worst are major pharmaceutical fraud.
So if some bogus science, a person sponsored by all these bogus drug companies says, “We have done studies and found that it doesn’t work,” I can tell you categorically that it is fixed science.
Doctors who hesitate to prescribe the drug, he argued, are no better than “The good Nazi … who saw the Jews killed and … did not speak.” Immanuel said she has been bombarded by “All kinds of threats” But he added that she will not give in to the pressure.
“You can report the bots to me, you can kill me, you can do anything, but I’m not going to let the Americans die.”
While the doctor’s spirited tirade has received praise from many Trump supporters, skeptics have questioned his medical credentials and those of the group he represents. Some noted that the “United States Frontline Physicians” website appears to have been launched less than two weeks ago.
Others disagreed with the fact that Immanuel is a minister in the “Fire Power Ministries with Dr. Stella Immanuel “, who is apparently in the same place where her medical center is located.
Here is the apparent store for his clinic at 6718 Hwy 6 S, Houston, TX 77083, conveniently located in the same mall as his “Fire Energy Ministries.” Let’s trust this instead of Dr. Faucci. 😑 pic.twitter.com/GsMF4VcB4e
– Skeptical Park (@skepticalpark) July 28, 2020
Shortly after his fierce speech went viral with hundreds of thousands of visits, Immanuel tweeted that his Facebook page and videos had been removed.
Hello, Facebook put my profile page and videos back on or your computers started to crash until you did. You are not greater than God. I promise. If my page is not backwards, the face book will be down in the name of Jesus.
– Stella Immanuel MD (@stella_immanuel) July 28, 2020
Since the start of the pandemic, major US-based social media platforms have forcefully removed all Covid-19 content that they believe contains erroneous information about the disease. While few people criticize the fight against false information itself, its implementation has been far from perfect. Some precise content was removed, while obviously deranged conspiracy theories remained intact by digital censorship.
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Adding fuel to a fire is the reality that Covid-19 and ways to combat it have become a highly politicized issue in the United States. This month, Facebook banned a dedicated group from opposing the CDC’s recommendation to wear masks in public.
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