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- President Trump is being attacked

after saying he's beentaking hydroxychloroquine

and a zinc supplement daily

as a protective treatment for coronavirus,

and after consulting with his doctor.

- I'm taking it, hydroxychloroquine.

- When?- Right now, yeah.

A couple of weeks ago I started taking it.

- Why, sir?- 'Cause I think it's good.

I've heard a lot of good stories.

- [Dale] Dr. Sean Conley,the president's doctor,

issued a memorandum to the media

saying he and the presidentdiscussed the treatment

and decided the potential benefits

outweighed any risks.

Last month the FDA warnedagainst using it for COVID-19

outside of hospitals or clinical trials

because it could cause heart problems.

- He's our president, and Iwould rather he not be taking

something that has not beenapproved by the scientists,

especially in his age groupand his, shall we say,

weight group, what ismorbidly obese, they say.

So I think it's not a good idea.

- [Dale] But on "TuckerCarlson," Dr. Marc Siegel,

a professor at NYU Medical School,

said hydroxychloroquine isa proven antiviral drug.

- Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit

has given it to 3,000health-care workers, Tucker,

to see if it prevents themfrom getting COVID-19,

so when Dr. Sean Conley,the president's physician,

who I have met with andthink is quite reasonable,

weighs the options back and forth,

he decides to prescribeit for the president,

it is a doctor-patient decision.

It should not be challenged.

- Meanwhile, the potential breakthrough

on the vaccine front from Moderna Labs.

Early testing shows all 45 human subjects

developed antibodies against coronavirus.

The FDA has approved Modernato continue its tests.

The vaccine will gothrough two more rounds

of human testing, andif those trials continue

to show it's safe and effective,

it might be ready by the end of the year.

Dale Hurd, CBN News.