Trump found a fan in Jewish doctor successfully treating coronavirus symptoms
Dr. Vladimir Zelenko Image by YouTube
By Helen Chernikoff March 27, 2020
When President Trump’s new chief of staff contacted the Jewish doctor treating coronavirus symptoms in upstate New York, he found more than a creative medical professional whose off-label experiment had potential.
He found an ardent defender of the president, as some of his recent social media activity indicates.
The Jewish doctor successfully treating coronavirus symptoms is a big fan of Trump. Image by facebook
Zelenko’s cocktail of anti-malarial drugs and antibiotics is experimental, which meshes nicely with the president’s carefully cultivated reputation as a renegade who likes to bust up the rule books.
In other ways, however, Zelenko is a typically careful medical practitioner. Posts from another Facebook account show him repeatedly urging everyone to get flu shots, and he tried in a Forward interview not to exaggerate the impact of his virus treatment.
To be sure, the basic details of Zelenko’s biography signal the probability that he would be a Trump supporter.
Zelenko is a Russian immigrant, a group that tends to adore Trump. Ditto for Orthodox Jews, which he is, also.
The Jewish doctor whose experimental treatment for coronavirus symptoms attracted Trump’s attention seems to be a fan of the president’s. Image by facebook
With the exception of the Pelosi post, these were collected by the Washington Post for a March 26 article on Zelenko’s treatment protocol. That account is no longer active.
Zev Zelenko’s social media posts signal the typical Trump supporter’s hatred of Hillary Clinton. Image by Facebook
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