Just be careful here, once there were no cages, lets not demand stronger walls on them, or, make them smaller.
I get peoples concerns, but we are the most free country around. Many push against the current recommendations.
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I get peoples concerns, but we are the most free country around. Many push against the current recommendations.
I'm in 100% agreement with you. I don't think the government at any level should be pulling people over or enforcing any sort of fine especially because the guidelines are very vague anyway. I went to the beach this weekend in NC. There was no one ever within 100 foot of us and everyone did a good job of being responsible, but yet you will have it politicized by the media as we are huge rule breakers and that we should just sit in our house. Yeah not happening. I'm going to maintain social distance but I'm not going to shut everything down.
Im sure a lot of people practice good hygiene and social distancing..the problem is one bad apple ruins the bunch
yeah, this is not good news. It's playing politics with an unproven therapy.
From the story linked in the tweet:
The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued an emergency use authorization for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, decades-old malaria drugs championed by President Donald Trump for coronavirus treatment despite scant evidence.
"Let's see how it works," Trump said at a press briefing on Sunday, referencing New York state's efforts. "It may. It may not."
Career scientists have been skeptical of the effort, noting the lack of data on the drugs' efficacy for coronavirus care and worried that it would siphon medication away from patients who need it for other conditions, calling instead for the agency to pursue its usual clinical trials.
"I would like to see who at FDA's [Medical Countermeasures Initiative] signed off on this EUA despite the total lack of scientific evidence that chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine are beneficial in the treatment of COVID-19," tweeted Luciana Borio, who served as FDA's acting chief scientist between 2015 and 2017. "EUA is supposed to be issued when the evidence indicates that benefits outweigh the risks."
yea you're right let's wait until there's enough evidence & never try anything new ever again.
why do you think the New York Doc is having such a good response with the hydrochloroquine, Zithro, zinc combo? 800 patients, no hospitalizations, no deaths. Normal breathing returns in 4-6 hours, reportedly.
that should say 'career scientists, who've never had a unique thought in their lives'
how do you suggest evidence be collected, smart guy?
It's being touted for political reasons and you're all falling for it. Will it pan out? Maybe...and hopefully! But until there is scientific evidence proving its efficacy, it stands to create more issues than it solves.
Sounds like a perfect opportunity for a federal research grant that could be milked for 5-10 years. Line up a couple grad students and maybe a post-Doc, publish a couple papers, win an award or two, and maybe end up with your name on a building.
NIH-guided clinical trials. We have protocols for conducting clinical trials and there are protocols to accelerate those trials when an urgent need arises.
Follow the link below, or look up pictures of "the children of thalidomide," if you need evidence for why it is necessary not to push drugs before they are thoroughly vetted in the populace they are intended to treat. Drugs that are safe for one condition under certain circumstances in certain individuals may be poorly suited for others. Don't try and twist my words into saying we are going to have another thalidomide on our hands. That's not what I'm saying. It's a case study I learned about in a drug discovery class in college. Thalidomide is one of the clear historical lessons that have led to the protocols we have today. We can't forget history. Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.
The thalidomide tragedy
Then you should rewatch the episode of Hannity that you're pulling these unsubstantiated claims about COVID-19 treatments from.
Oh okay so it’s you who’s being political. Now it makes perfect sense.
Don’t hurt yourself getting off that soapbox, dad.
Look, if you are not the least bit suspicious that someone is claiming a 100% success rate after treating hundreds of COVID-19 patients in the middle of a pandemic then you're likely not someone who is going to be convinced by facts.
Well that settles it. We can only be allowed to live our lives based on the lowest common denominator.
Well hopefully it is everyone in their govt.
Trump got the worst one, maybe the China virus can get the rest.
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They have not been honest about their numbers or deaths whatsoever. A least 30 top government officials have died and many more have been sickened. They have a major conflict between the religious fundamentalists in the government and secular leaders. They are a relatively young nation I believe so they might not get destroyed
Show some respect, they are the only mammals naturally capable of sustained flight. Bats give we mammalians street cred in the Animal Kingdom and take those cocky avians down a peg or two.
Doctors: this is the worst public health crisis everrrrrrrrr. More supplies! More ventilators. More beds. More more more!!!
Also doctors: no it's not bad enough for you to get that medicine.
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