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    Misinformation about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is widespread on social networks in Brazil. Many doctors, journalists, members of the Ministry of Health, and President Jair Bolsonaro spread conspiracy theories on social media that attribute obscure origins of the disease, unproven risks related to vaccines celebrated and desired around the world,1,2 and even promoting…

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    • Aug 2020 @amjmed article on early, potential #COVID19 treatments including #hydroxychloroquine is being misrepresented by the #Brazilian government. Read this new commentary explaining the controversy. https://t.co/1gG36SMQdd

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    The Editors of The American Journal of Medicine (AJM) are grateful to Dr. Heslley Machado Silva for calling our attention to the Brazilian government’s misinterpretation and misuse of an article published in The American Journal of Medicine.1 As noted in Dr. Silva’s commentary, the Brazilian government continues to tout hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a cure-all and preventive for COVID-19…

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    • .@amjmed editors respond to the #Brazilian government's misrepresentation of August 2020 article on potential treatments for #COVID19. #HydroxyChloroquine https://t.co/d5rbbmD0cu