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Post by vilepagan on Apr 30, 2020 3:23:45 GMT -8
Absolutely. Credo, I want you to promise me that when it comes to deciding what medical treatments you should undergo, you'll always go with the cheapest treatment, because obviously it must be the best. Right?
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Post by Credo on Apr 30, 2020 17:12:25 GMT -8
FOLLOW THE MONEY.
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Post by Credo on May 18, 2020 12:40:18 GMT -8
Just like we haven't been reading stories about the rising of the ocean levels due to global warming.
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Post by Credo on May 18, 2020 13:18:48 GMT -8
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Post by thefrog on May 18, 2020 13:48:37 GMT -8
That is... interesting news. I really don’t understand his reasoning, but hey, that’s his choice.
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Post by Credo on May 18, 2020 13:56:04 GMT -8
That is... interesting news. I really don’t understand his reasoning, but hey, that’s his choice. Many health care workers take this treatment as a preventative measure (because it seems to work) and there have been some infections among WH staff. |
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Post by thefrog on May 18, 2020 14:45:37 GMT -8
That is... interesting news. I really don’t understand his reasoning, but hey, that’s his choice. Many health care workers take this treatment as a preventative measure (because it seems to work) and there have been some infections among WH staff. Right. I just assumed that Mr. Trump is not really a risk taker when it comes to his health. He’s very preventative; no alcohol, no smoking, and I assume his diet is decent. There were reports of heart problems related to the medication (which to me, is scary enough) |
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Post by Credo on May 18, 2020 15:12:53 GMT -8
Many health care workers take this treatment as a preventative measure (because it seems to work) and there have been some infections among WH staff. Right. I just assumed that Mr. Trump is not really a risk taker when it comes to his health. He’s very preventative; no alcohol, no smoking, and I assume his diet is decent. There were reports of heart problems related to the medication (which to me, is scary enough) Hey, some people die as an adverse reaction to aspirin. Trump clearly did his homework on this, despite the media trying to scare people away from Hydroxy simply because he mentioned it favorably. I wouldn't be surprised if he surmised early on that Chinese interests might try to get him infected through his Secret Service agents. It'll be interesting to see the media reaction to this news, since they now clearly look like the raving idiots they were when they gaslighted the nation about Hydroxy last month. President Trump remarked he has been taking hydrozychloroquine as a preventative measure against COVID-19. “You’d be surprised at how many people are taking it, especially the front-line workers before you catch it. The front-line workers — many, many are taking it. I happen to be taking it. I happen to be taking it — Hydroxychloroquine,” Trump said.
The jaw-agape media immediately reacted: “hydroxychloroquine?” “when?” “now?”
President Trump replied: “right now, yeah. A couple of weeks ago, I started taking it. I’ve heard a lot of good stories. And if it is not good, I will tell you right. I’m not going to get hurt by it. It has been around for 40 years for malaria, for lupus, for other things. I take it,” he said. Of course, the media is acting like they do on everything Trump-related and continue to look like fools. His body, his choice. |
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Post by SK80 on May 19, 2020 8:07:54 GMT -8
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Post by Luca on May 19, 2020 10:10:15 GMT -8
The fact that Donald Trump has decided to take hydroxychloroquine is just another indication that he has a great deal of respect for his own opinion, evidentiary based or not. The risk of taking the medication is not great but it's greater than the risk of not taking it, given that there's little reliable evidence that it helps for COVID-19 and a preponderance of evidence that it does nothing.
He is definitely a weird guy. I doubt that any of his consulting physicians support it, but I suspect he read preliminary results from a poorly designed study in France and drew his own shoot-from-the-hip conclusion. Who needs expertise when you can read the Internet? There's unlikely to be any adverse results from all of this, but it is weird................................Luca
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Post by Credo on May 19, 2020 10:22:37 GMT -8
The fact that Donald Trump has decided to take hydroxychloroquine is just another indication that he has a great deal of respect for his own opinion, evidentiary based or not. The risk of taking the medication is not great but it's greater than the risk of not taking it, given that there's little reliable evidence that it helps for COVID-19 and a preponderance of evidence that it does nothing. He is definitely a weird guy. I doubt that any of his consulting physicians support it, but I suspect he read preliminary results from a poorly designed study in France and drew his own shoot-from-the-hip conclusion. Who needs expertise when you can read the Internet? There's unlikely to be any adverse results from all of this, but it is weird................................Luca With all due respect, there are all kinds of physicians worldwide who are prescribing hydroxychloroquine with zinc as a treatment for COVID-19 and plenty of anecdotal evidence to support its benefits. Haven't seen a single story about someone taking it as a prophylaxis who then died because of that. If there was such a case you can guarantee it would be blared 24/7 across the MSM. And his doctor signed off on the prescription. It may be an unusual course of prevention, but considering the potential risk to a guy who's already in the more vulnerable group for Covid, I'd call it putting skin into the game. He spoke of it positively, and now he's putting his money where his mouth is. Better than 99% of politicians who exempt themselves from the consequences of their policies. I don't think you attain Trump's level of success by shooting from the hip based on an internet rumor. |
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Post by SK80 on May 19, 2020 10:45:01 GMT -8
Call him pompous and I won't get in the way of one's opine.... but outside that the guy who is called everything always stands tall..., in fact taller. I'm no doctor but it isn't hard to deduct that this drug has been around for decades and prescribed with little fear of it on most fronts..., that said, if I took it starting today, without knowing that much I am positive I would survive...
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Post by thefrog on May 19, 2020 10:46:43 GMT -8
Call him pompous are and I won't get in the way of one's opine.... but outside that the guy who is called everything always stands tall..., in fact taller. I'm no doctor but it isn't hard to deduct that this drug has been around for decades and prescribed with little fear of it on most fronts..., that said, if I took it starting today, without knowing that much I am positive I would survive... Tall and morbidly obese according to Nancy |
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Post by MDDad on May 19, 2020 11:01:41 GMT -8
I'm with Luca on this one. Yes, hydroxychloroquine has been FDA-approved for 65 years as a treatment for malaria. It is prescribed over 5 million times a year, and is sometimes given to our military when they are deployed in areas where malaria is still common.
But Donald Trump claims he is tested for the virus every two or three days, and the results have always been negative. So why take a drug that he doesn't need, especially given its sometimes debilitating side effects? Trump sometimes reminds me of Vilepagan - he likes to think he's an expert on everything after hearing about it or reading about on the internet. And like VP, he's often not.
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Post by davidsf on May 19, 2020 11:13:01 GMT -8
I'm with Luca on this one. Yes, hydroxychloroquine has been FDA-approved for 65 years as a treatment for malaria. It is prescribed over 5 million times a year, and is sometimes given to our military when they are deployed in areas where malaria is still common. But Donald Trump claims he is tested for the virus every two or three days, and the results have always been negative. So why take a drug that he doesn't need, especially given its sometimes debilitating side effects? Trump sometimes reminds me of Vilepagan - he likes to think he's an expert on everything after hearing about it or reading about on the internet. And like VP, he's often not. That characterization is a bit ungracious. UNLIKE the homosexual know-it-all, Trump is not in here tilting at windmills. He’s running a country, as opposed to vile-boy who can barely manage his mother’s basement. what if his tests are negative BECAUSE he takes the hydroxychloroquine? Yes, you’re right, I don’t know that, but my point is, neither do you, and adding “...sometimes debilitating side effects” is charming but more hysterical manipulation than I’m prepared for at present. he’s not I here brain-dead and swinging a dead cat at everyone he disagrees with. If he was, then, yes, I would expect him to support his claim factually. Whether or not he is (or thinks he is) an expert at everything... or anything... is irrelevant. He is trying something AND being transparent about it... because people whole moan and complain, and accuse him of wanting to kill everyone if it turned out Hydroxychloroquine IS a preventative/curative and he’d been taking it for weeks but not telling everyone. |
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