Stella Immanuel - the doctor behind unproven coronavirus cure claim

Facebook and Twitter have taken down the viral video in which she appears, saying it violates their policies about misinformation - but not before it was retweeted by Donald Trump and one of his sons.

The US president defended himself, saying he found Dr Immanuel, who was born in Cameroon and is based in the Texan city of Houston, "very impressive".

"She said that she had tremendous success with hundreds of different patients, I thought her voice was an important voice but I know nothing about her," he said on Tuesday.

Dr Immanuel, who is also a Christian pastor, gave a speech on the steps of the US Supreme Court in Washington, captured in a video first published by right-wing website Breitbart on Monday.   https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53579773

Phase three trials are the final step in determining how safe and effective a vaccine is, and the new investment comes as the Trump administration hopes for a high-profile rollout of initial vaccines in as soon as three months.Even though there are still many unknowns about whether promising vaccines being tested will actually work, Trump himself has been very optimistic in his public comments. “We’re very close to the vaccine — I think we’re going to have some very good results,” Trump said    https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/26/trump-invests-moderna-vaccine-candidate-381690?fbclid=IwAR17uft101HGhaYvUOxSLe3yHtvTKzJpNS3kkloKnVEFYZUCMB5u0BChHnY