MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell isn’t just an infomercial pitchman, he’s also one of U.S. President Donald Trump’s staunchest and most vocal supporters.
And now, he’s positioning himself as the saviour of the COVID-19 crisis, attending in a White House meeting last month to promote oleandrin, an extract from the oleander plant, as a “cure” for the virus — despite having no medical experience whatsoever, nor offering any scientific evidence that this stuff is in any way effective in treating/curing the novel coronarivus.
Meanwhile, Lindell sits on the board of Phoenix Biotechnology, the company that manufactures oleandrin, and stands to profit from sales of the extract.