# Unfortunately, I think the media is setting up Trump for a big win on Hydroxychloroquine.

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-i-think-the-media-is-setting-up-trump-for-a-big-win-on-hydroxychloroquine/851190 "2020-04-06T15:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-i-think-the-media-is-setting-up-trump-for-a-big-win-on-hydroxychloroquine/851190/181 "2020-06-15T18:13:36Z")

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Since it’s still on the market any doctor can give it for any use. That’s true of all approved drugs.

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**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-i-think-the-media-is-setting-up-trump-for-a-big-win-on-hydroxychloroquine/851190/182 "2020-06-17T13:45:22Z")

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Well, the good news is that Trump has prepared the country for an outbreak of malaria.

[A Mad Scramble to Stock Millions of Malaria Pills, Likely for Nothing](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/trump-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share)

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**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-i-think-the-media-is-setting-up-trump-for-a-big-win-on-hydroxychloroquine/851190/183 "2020-06-17T15:10:15Z")

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> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#):
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> I used to take mefloquine and had very similar experiences. Seems like those quinine compounds do some crazy shit to your brain.

Right? Enough gin and tonics will make you do strange things. I blame the quinine in the tonic.

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