translated from Spanish: Wisconsin woman took hydroxychloroquine for 19 years and had Covid-19

A woman from Wisconsin has taken the unproven drug coronavirus hydroxychloroquine for nearly two decades for another health condition, and says she was still infected with the virus, according to one report. The woman, who asked only to be called Kim, said she had felt safer knowing that the malaria drug, which she has taken for 19 years to help with her lupus, was gaining international attention as a possible treatment to avoid COVID-19, wish news station reported. But he had symptoms of the virus in mid-April, despite taking precautions during his travels to the grocery store.

The drug, according to some, has had positive results against Covid-19. Afp

Weak everywhere. Cough, fever. The fever was very high. It just went downhill from there. I couldn’t breathe anymore.

He ended up in the emergency room at Aurora Medical Center at Summit, where he tested positive for the virus, the medium reported. “I’m like, ‘How can I be sick? How? I’m taking hydroxychloroquine, ‘ he said.
They said, “Well, no one said that was the cure or that I was going to keep him safe” and he definitely didn’t.

Kim said he is now recovering from his battle with the insect, but warns others that the drug alone will not protect them from the virus.

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It’s not safe to take that medicine at all. The [hidroxicloroquina] it’s not going to prevent anything. You can still get coronavirus, Kim told the store.

President Trump announced earlier this week that he began taking the malaria drug after he “heard many good stories” about what he might promise against the virus.

You’d be surprised how many people take it, especially frontline workers before they catch him, Trump said.

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