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US President Donald Trump has already had his eye on another unproven "cure" for the coronavirus , following the recommendation of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, according to Axios . Carson presented oleandrin —a botanical extract derived from oleander—to the US president at an Oval Office meeting in July , according to Axios . MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell, known for his connection to Trump, has also expressed support for the treatment . Lindell participates in the company that develops the product, Phoenix Biotechnology . Lindell explained in statements to Axios that Trump said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "should approve it ," referring to oleandrin as a possible treatment for the coronavirus.
Twitter temporarily blocks Donald Trump's campaign profile and Facebook deletes a video in which he claimed that children are "almost immune" to COVID-19 With the help of Lindell, a director of Phoenix Biotechnology, Andrew Whitney, had a face-to-face meeting with the US president to discuss the medical effects of oleandrin, according to The Washington Post . In an interview with C Level Contact List Axios , Whitney defended her stance on oleandrin's potential for curing COVID-19 and is pushing to get the drug on shelves — even as a dietary supplement instead of a coronavirus treatment to speed its progression. distribution. "Now there are all kinds of lawyers who are telling me that I can't do things like that, because you know it takes years of schooling and you have to have this, that and that," Whitney told Axios .
But as an American with free speech , I'm telling you: I've seen it with my own eyes . " " There is no public data showing that oleandrin has been tested in animals or humans for effectiveness against COVID-19 ," according to Axios , "but the extract has been shown to inhibit the virus in a laboratory study ." Whitney adds that the product has been tested in humans to see its effectiveness in treating COVID-19, but the results have not yet been published. Read more: Donald Trump suggests injecting infected people with disinfectant to kill the coronavirus, an "irresponsible and dangerous" idea according to doctors Researchers found that oleandrin could improve treatments to cure cancer because of the way the extract reacts to cells, Axios reported , but there is no evidence to show its effect on patients infected with COVID-19 "Oleandrin appears to have antiviral properties at high doses," Sharon Lewin, director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity at the University of Melbourne, told Axios .