Business Insider reports:
“We saw Trump on TV — every channel — and all of his buddies and that this was safe,” the woman told NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard of President Donald Trump. “Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure.”
Asked what her message to the American public was after what she and her husband went through, the woman told NBC News: “Oh my God, don’t take anything. Don’t believe anything that the president says and his people … call your doctor.”
“Please educate the people,” she added, according to audio of the conversation posted to Twitter. “It feels like, like my heart is broken and it’ll never mend. It’s just broke, dead. Like my husband. My husband is 68. We’re healthy. No underlying — no diabetes or lung issues. Nothing.”
Audio below.
Woman in ICU: “Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure.”
NBC: “What would be your message to the American public?”
Woman: “Oh my God. Don’t take anything. Don’t believe anything. Don’t believe anything that the President says & his people…call your doctor.” https://t.co/C8EiTQQ3r1 pic.twitter.com/UAOXBNsS4t— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) March 24, 2020
NBC: “Did you at any point hear that the FDA had not approved of it for coronavirus purposes or–?”
AZ Woman: “Yeah. But you know they kept saying that it was approved for other things…Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure.” https://t.co/fOcmiIeCGf
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) March 24, 2020
NBC: Yeah. How much did you, how much did you consume would you say?
Patient: One teaspoon each.
Hillyard: That’s all?
Patient: Yeah.
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Hillyard: Did he die while you were with him?
Patient: No, he died while they were working on him in the ER. https://t.co/C8EiTQQ3r1 pic.twitter.com/sCnmv55bZW
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) March 24, 2020