Anderson Cooper Eviscerates MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Over Potentially Lethal 'Snake Oil' COVID Treatment
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Anderson Cooper Eviscerates MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Over Potentially Lethal 'Snake Oil' COVID Treatment
August 18, 2020, 1:54 PM EDT
There was nothing soft or fluffy about the way Anderson Cooper took down MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Tuesday.
Lindell appeared on CNN to discuss his recent assertion that he’d taken part in a July meeting at the White House about using oleandrin — a plant extract that can be fatal if consumed — as a potential therapeutic for coronavirus. Lindell said President Donald Trump was “enthusiastic” about the substance’s possible use. The statement came after Lindell, known to TV audiences from his commercials for MyPillow, joined the board of Phoenix Biotechnology . The biotech company makes oleandrin; Lindell has a financial stake in the company. On Tuesday, the CNN anchor repeatedly drove home the point that Lindell was telling people to use an untested and potentially lethal substance, and that he stood to make a lot of money off of it.
“You really are like a snake oil salesman,” Cooper tells Lindell in the clip below. “You could be, in the Old West, standing on a box, telling people to drink your amazing elixir, [but] there’s no proof.” “I do what Jesus has me do. I give the glory to God,” Lindell counters. “I want to help people. That’s my passion.” “You think Jesus wants you out there promoting remedies that are not remedies because they’ve never been tested?” Cooper asks. When Lindell asks why the host thinks he would put his reputation on the line for the product, Cooper simply replies: “Money.” Later, Lindell forecasted that when the Food & Drug Administration approved oleandrin, “it’s going to save millions of lives.” Cooper later shot back, “I guarantee you I would not be taking medical advice from you, sir. I can promise you that.”
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There was nothing soft or fluffy about the way Anderson Cooper took down MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Tuesday.
Lindell appeared on CNN to discuss his recent assertion that he’d taken part in a July meeting at the White House about using oleandrin — a plant extract that can be fatal if consumed — as a potential therapeutic for coronavirus. Lindell said President Donald Trump was “enthusiastic” about the substance’s possible use.
The statement came after Lindell, known to TV audiences from his commercials for MyPillow, joined the board of Phoenix Biotechnology . The biotech company makes oleandrin; Lindell has a financial stake in the company.
On Tuesday, the CNN anchor repeatedly drove home the point that Lindell was telling people to use an untested and potentially lethal substance, and that he stood to make a lot of money off of it."
Dumb asses like Lindell believe in god, that he is green and he folds.
Small doses or concentrations might be helpful.
Apart from being a potent toxic compound, it may also be used in therapeutic ways. Both oleandrin and oleandrigenin, as well as their relatives, may be able to inhibit proliferation of tumor cells and stimulate their apoptosis as a result of the high concentration of intracellular calcium. In addition, it inhibits excretion of fibroblast growth factor 2 through membrane interaction and through inhibition of the Na,K-ATPase pump. [6] However, there are no results from clinical testing on humans that support any use as a cancer treatment. [8]
However, there are no results from clinical testing on humans that support any use as a Co-Vid 19 treatment.
Since you seem to be "all in" why don't you help out with the clinical trial Greg. Might I suggest you start with a quart of oleandrin per 24-hours and report back to us on the effect.
I don't think that the ICU where he will end up allows lap tops.
I don't see why he wouldn't be allowed to wear his MAGA hat while having his stomach pumped.....
Mr My Pillow should be given the first dose of his miracle cure.
and tRump.
Sure you do, Pillow Boy...as long as that help comes with a lot of money.....
My favorite personality is Beyoncé. I wonder what medicine she recommends. It must be good, because she's really, really famous.
I watched the interview with Anderson Cooper (which for some inexplicable reason was over 20 minutes long) and it was flabbergasting. No wonder Trump likes this guy, he admires a fellow con man when he sees one.
Oleandrin - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Anderson Cooper is correct, medicinal extracts of oleandrin have not been tested. But maybe that indicates a need for testing rather than a half-cocked vituperous tantrum from a reporter who hasn't accomplished anything of note.
I suppose Cooper is more qualified than Lindell to talk about snake-oil since he does peddle an awful lot of what he derides from his own soapbox.
Is there no bullshit/nonsense you won't defend?
Why, yes, I am.
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That wasn't meant to be flattering.
You defend these snake oil salesmen. It's fucking ridiculous.
why anyone would listen to whatever that coke burnout thumper has to say about anything is laughable.
No offense against the mentally retarded but I think Lindell is mentally retarded.
it's self induced, just like his hero...