Way to be on top of things, Ron

Florida is sitting on more than 980,000 unused doses of hydroxychloroquine, a drug President Donald Trump touted as a “game changer” in the fight against the coronavirus, after only a handful of hospitals in the state asked for access to the medicine.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said in April that the state was getting 1 million doses of the drug. The announcement was made during a press conference that came across as a commercial for hydroxychloroquine. Held in the Florida Cabinet room, the event featured the video testimonial of a patient who had taken the drug, a question-and-answer session with a doctor who endorsed the treatment, and DeSantis touting the drug by name, even as he referenced other experimental treatments for Covid-19 only vaguely.

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The biggest batch — 7,500 — went to Baptist health in Duval County.

  Politico

So...is the Trump family heavily invested in hydroxychloroquine? Or are they just dupes, too?

DeSantis first gave attention to the drug as Trump, one of his biggest political allies, was increasing his focus on the treatment. DeSantis has based much of Florida’s coronavirus response on implicit and direct signals from the White House.

During his hydroxychloroquine press conference in April, DeSantis said he played a role in getting the drug to the U.S. Teva manufactures the drug in India, where officials did not allow shipment to leave the country until DeSantis asked Trump to speak to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“I spoke to President Trump, and then he spoke to Prime Minister Modi, and Modi has made an exception for the United States,” DeSantis said.

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Despite the governor’s pitch, few hospitals have requested the drug, which was provided free-of-charge from Israeli drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals in a deal DeSantis said was facilitated by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.

There's a back room deal for something in there. Let's ask Jared. He's in tight with the Israelis.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.