05-19-2020, 08:59 PM
(05-19-2020, 06:13 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: He'll have a tough time trying to unseat Kobach. Not sure what all the uproar about the use of HCQ is all about. I heard a physician on the radio saying how he's prescribed it to patients for other reasons, for over 40 years, without a single incident of a patient needing hospitalization as a result of taking the HCQ as prescribed.
I don't doubt that someone prescribing it for 40 years for lupus or arthritis to patients he has identified as being good candidates for the drug hasn't had any issues with it.
The "uproar" is multifaceted. There's the concern over shortages for those who need it. There's the lack of rigorous studies showing any real success with the drugs. There's the evidence of heart issues, particularly for those whose organs have been damaged by Covid-19. There's concern over people poisoning themselves in an attempt to take a drug hailed by the president as a miracle.
The optics are horrendous. The President has claimed for weeks that this drug does something that has not been proven and could make things worse. He is now freely sharing, knowing the ramifications, that he is taking the drug for a different purpose that is even more unproven (as a preventative).
I understand that you're willing to call the pandemic a "ruse" and make up things like "Fauci said masks do not prevent the spread of Covid-19" to help defend the incompetence of Trump's actions and messaging, but for the rest of us living in the real world, this is bad.
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