Hydroxychloroquine is indeed a game changer.
Link: Yale epidemiologist weighs in on hydroxychloroquine
Dem govs blocked doctors access to the drug because Trump took it and their party leaders wanted to discredit him. No other reason (the drug was a reasonable off label candidate for use like many, many others). The MSM feared people from the drug with false side effect claims, and even well know medical journals dropped their normal standards to publish fake studies which were not vetted in order to push the narrative that they were feeling pressure to support.
year, likely early. Moderna is in phase 3 testing now. Others like the Oxford vaccine are on a similar pace.
They key is to prevent this from overwhelming society in the meantime and stay open.
The chance that we are going to have to take on school reopenings woujd have been completely unnecessary had your moron leaders heeded the scientific guidance on the original reopening.
As our local schools prepare for the school year, the school district has laid out its plan for re-opening. They have weighed input from federal and state authorities, and held a shit-ton of meetings w/ parents / concerned citizens. They recently released their plan, which is essentially this: half days of in-person instruction coupled with and online component, plus an array of protective measures in the classroom. For those that want online learning, the county will be managing that. Personally, I'd have preferred they return to a full, normal schedule, coupled with preventative measures, but that's not happening.
Naturally, the local progressive wing completely lost their shit. They have gone full moron and are apoplectic. They are demanding a full online option and are actively stoking fear and division in our lovely hamlet, warning of a tidal wave of sick kids and teachers. They have launched petitions, online surveys and are calling for resignations of most officials associated w/ our school district. Mind you, my local school district is exceptional, easily one of the best in my state, and even the nation.
The tolerant left is the most intolerant faction that exists in our country.
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There were multiple reports from doctors on the ground that if hydroxychloroquine was used aggressively EARLY, it was extremely highly effective. Yet Trump went out and touted this drug, and all of a sudden the mainstream media rushed to find "proof" it didn't work. It didn't take long for a "survey" of already-hospitalized patients given the drug that showed it didn't "work."
Now we have J-imbecile saying he knows more than this Yale epidemiologist. Take a hike.
And no, Chris, I don't believe the medical professionals held back on a drug that worked in order to hurt Trump. But others in administration and leadership positions did. Saint Anthony Cuomo issued an executive order limiting when the drug could be used. Dr. Anthony Farce-y - he who's been wrong every step of the way - kept saying there's no proof this drug worked. The FDA found, through the above-mentioned survey of patients given the drug far too late, that it didn't work. The mainstream media did its part, finding more "evidence" the drug didn't work or was even dangerous. So when Farce-y and media reports from "credible" mainstream sources keep touting either we don't know if it works or it doesn't work, of course medical professionals are going to not use it right away.
If this guy is right - and I have no reason to doubt him at this point - it means we had something just short of a cure right under our noses the whole time. But complete incompetence from our medical "leaders" and the anti-Trump sentiment combined to thwart this treatment.
I don't think domestic politics are affecting treatments in Europe or Asia, and none of them are shouting hydroxychloroquine from the rooftops. In fact many countries are doing quite a bit better with the virus than we are, and they aren't crediting hydroxychloroquine.
Do you really think it will make it all better? I don't. My guess, that if you pick the right time, and the right dosage, with the right patients, you could see modestly better outcomes. But it's not a game changer.
The vast majority of whom doubt HCQ.
If it worked, it would be universally prescribed. Doctors do not let patients die in order to stick it to Trump. Governors do not let pandemics rage in their states in order to stick it to Trump.
No one wants to beat this thing more than Fauci. He is not going to suppress a cure out of shame or spite or whatever.
I’m sure trials are continuing, if there is promise with this drug.
Your rage is misplaced.
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bizarre to say such a thing that medical professionals all across the globe are not letting patients take the pill properly.
It's odd how these science backed studies are being hidden from the rest of the world in this time of need.
Again, I wish it were the panacea you Baron and Trump claim it to be.
Alas - It's not the game changer you and this guy Harvey want it to be.
...on a drug that works, just to hurt Trump? Really?
If HCQ works, it will be used. I certainly hope it does. I’m sure it is being tested more right now - we’ll know more soon, I suspect.
But the conspiracy theory - it’s all political! - is abject bullshit.
This is about what a Yale epidemiologist said.
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I have to think he would've refused to use hydro-c just on principle.
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properly. Apparently most medical experts doing the studies don't know how to have the pill taken properly.
I only take medical advice from political experts.
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You view medical science through political lenses. If doctors prescribe something, you won't take it for political reasons, and will seek to get the doctor's medical license revoked so that other people will also not have the medicine available to them. You said that. It's just kind of weird, and a bit autocratic. Live and let live, Jim!
And, note: I never lobbied here in the Open or anywhere else for people to take any medication. I have lobbied for doctors to have the freedom to treat their patients. I also support you seeking out another doctor if yours is prescribing things you don't trust. But, to go after such a doctor solely for political reasons?...it just exposes who you are.
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