Coronavirus - Overall
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@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Dr Trump.
Hydroxychloroquine helped save coronavirus patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails 'fantastic news'. Drug touted by Trump was mocked by media
His actions were still irresponsible. Leave drug advice to the experts. It appears to be useful in a very narrow mode of application. Doesn't help if people end up trying to snap up the drug and it actually harms those who aren't already infected and about to get very sick
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@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Dr Trump.
Hydroxychloroquine helped save coronavirus patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails 'fantastic news'. Drug touted by Trump was mocked by media
And yet WHO have now suspended trials of hydroxychloroquine. Who to believe?
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What the fuck is wrong with people in the US? Have they totally lost their minds?
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In our defense, according to that article, neither entity that investigated found any evidence it's actually happening. It wouldn't surprise me, but in a country this big, you're always going to find some idiots.
We're seeing a small surge in my county. It's centered around attendance at one church, and the families of the firefighters at one firehouse.
I could write a book on covid in the U.S. and why it's so much more complicated, but this quote from the article sums it up for me:
"The sheer size of the US and how the virus was spreading to different parts of the country at different times, complicated the public response when compared with other countries."
It's like if you put all of Europe together and treated it like it's a monolith. That's what some politicians and policymakers have tried to do and now it's backfiring on them.
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@Catogrande said in Coronavirus - Overall:
patients, study shows; Trump campaign hails 'fantastic news'. Drug touted by Trump was mocked by media
You can check for yourself:
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@photo-fox said in Coronavirus - Overall:
In our defense, according to that article, neither entity that investigated found any evidence it's actually happening. It wouldn't surprise me, but in a country this big, you're always going to find some idiots.
We're seeing a small surge in my county. It's centered around attendance at one church, and the families of the firefighters at one firehouse.
I could write a book on covid in the U.S. and why it's so much more complicated, but this quote from the article sums it up for me:
"The sheer size of the US and how the virus was spreading to different parts of the country at different times, complicated the public response when compared with other countries."
It's like if you put all of Europe together and treated it like it's a monolith. That's what some politicians and policymakers have tried to do and now it's backfiring on them.
Are you in Santa Barbara by any chance?
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@photo-fox Good post. A regular tactic from certain outlets comparing say Sweden or NZ to the USA to make some ridiculous point or mainstream press taking a few isolated tweets and framing them as opinion of a large section of society.
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@Catogrande
It's pretty obvious that the problem with hydroxychloroquine is political, not science.
I've been following this since March, it should have been widely used and publicised for immediate use for outpatients exhibiting minor sympoms.Hydroxychloroquine lowers COVID-19 death rate, Henry Ford Health study finds
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@Catogrande Reading through the whole article (about Michigan hospitals stopping using it), linked therein, shows few actual facts against HCQ, and that it was not used in the manner people have been pushing for-outpatient use combined with zinc and azithromycin (although it is less important). When administered immediately upon manifestation of symptoms, it has shown excellent results.
People that are admitted to hospital, and/or suffering ARDS, would be less likely to benefit from hydroxychloroquine, but many still do recover amazingly quickly-it would be on a case by case basis dependent on the patient's health. Most studies have been focused on the hospital setting.