The doctor, Jennings Ryan Staley, 44, a licenced physician and the owner of Skinny Beach Med Spa in San Diego, was charged with mail fraud on Thursday for his role in selling “COVID-19 treatment packs” that included the medications hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said in a statement. “It’s preventative and curative,” Staley said, according to prosecutors. Staley, according to prosecutors, said that both drugs would totally cure COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, and that taking it before getting sick would make one immune for at least six weeks. Griffin said that his client truly believed he was helping people during a crisis, adding that the treatment packs were sold at a fair market price. The opposite of scamming someone.”He declined to comment on the claims prosecutors said Staley made about the medication.

Source: bd News24 April 18, 2020 14:26 UTC