He said that it has had very encouraging early results, and we know it won't kill anyone because it has already been in use, and that they will work with the FDA to make it available. All of this is accurate. It doesn't mean people should be self-medicating, anymore than they should be self-medicating for malaria treatment.

Look, I've been highly critical of Trump's handling of the crisis but you can't really pin this particular incident on him.