Media Slams Trump for Taking Prescribed Hydroxychloroquine Drug

President Donald Trump during a meeting with resturant executives in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on May 18, 2020. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Virtually minutes after President Donald Trump announced that he’s taking a prophylactic regimen of hydroxychloroquine and zinc to ward off COVID-19, a media backlash erupted.

Fox News’ Neil Cavuto warned: “If you are in a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment ... it will kill you. I cannot stress enough. This will kill you.”