During a Thursday presser, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Donald Trump would have no qualms about taking hydroxychloroquine again if he were exposed to the novel coronavirus. She added he’s feeling “perfect.”

“He is feeling absolutely great after taking this regimen,” she added, according to The Hill.

McEnany said she spoke with Trump right before the briefing and said he told her “he would take it again if he thought he was exposed.”

But hydroxychloroquine hasn’t been shown to be effective in treating patients with COVID-19, the disease that’s associated with coronavirus and the Food and Drug Administration has issued warnings against the use of this drug outside of hospitals or clinical trials because it’s linked to heart rhythm problems. The drug has typically been used in patients with malaria or lupus and other autoimmune diseases.

And a prominent medical journal, The Lancet published a study last week of 96,000 hospitalized coronavirus patients. That study found that the drug provided no benefit in treating the disease and instead left them at a higher risk of developing irregular heart rhythms.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading epidemiologist and member of the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force told CNN on Wednesday that hydroxychloroquine is an ineffective treatment.

“The scientific data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy for it,” he said.

Information like this sure hasn’t daunted Trump, however. He said he began taking the drug after hearing positive reports from doctors and other healthcare officials and told reporters last week that the drug gave him “an additional level of safety.”

While talking to reporters McEnany said that while people should consult their doctors before taking the drug, which is only available via prescription, but she cast doubt on whether hydroxychloroquine is unsafe or not.

“There’s a lot of hyperbole about this drug being unsafe,” she said. “Some of the things I’ve seen reported out there — there are consequences of deterring people from being recruited in actual clinical trials. It’s important to note that this drug has been safely used by millions of people for a long time.”

It’s also important to note that McEnany is not a doctor and that anything she or Trump says regarding hydroxychloroquine should be taken with a very large grain of salt.

"He is feeling perfect" — McEnany promotes unproven and potentially dangerous hydroxychloroquine treatments, citing how good Trump feels after taking the drug pic.twitter.com/WPCRDw7MRr

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 28, 2020

Twitter had some thoughts:

He did not look good. He was sweating. Mumbling, color was off. You notice he left the stage and we did not see him for several days.

— Beverly Hill (@HillBeverlyhill) May 28, 2020

The most batshit crazy thing about Trump claiming to be taking hydroxychloroquine is that he said he was only on a two-week regimen. That's not at all how that drug works. It has to build up in your system over time. It's not like an antibiotic.

— bumpkins (@bumpkins_np) May 28, 2020

Have you looked at him lately?…not anywhere close to perfect!! If you said “good for his age” I could buy that!
PS: I’m his age. No underlying conditions. Not overweight. I don’t feel “perfect” any day, any time.

— Mar Mar (@mlevers471) May 28, 2020

How can anyone look at Trump and believe he's feeling great. The guy is literally melting, mind and body.

— HardToLive (@Hardtolivecom) May 28, 2020

Trump always thinks he's perfect. He's always wrong. https://t.co/1T2U1N6yvX

— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@UROCKlive1) May 28, 2020

Sure he’s feeling fine, because, he didn’t take it .He’s lying, and, anyone who believes this liar, is deluding themselves. https://t.co/qvcTGzKs7V

— nannyto7 (@muffinboy10) May 28, 2020