Mike Pence Says He’s Not Taking Trump’s Malaria Drug

Fox News reports:

Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News Tuesday that he — unlike President Trump — is not taking hydroxychloroquine as part of an effort to stave off coronavirus.

“My physician hasn’t recommended that, but I wouldn’t hesitate” to take it if he did recommend it, Pence added. Pence gave the interview following a meeting of the National Space Council at NASA’s headquarters, before next week’s SpaceX launch of American astronauts from American soil.

“I’ve heard anecdotal stories of Americans who’ve taken hydroxychloroquine in the midst of the coronavirus and, and, and sense that it made a real difference for them.”

In an interview at NASA’s headquarters after a meeting of the National Space Council, @VP tells me he is not taking Hydroxychloroquine. pic.twitter.com/6GrbPovYfi

— Kristin Fisher (@KristinFisher) May 19, 2020