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originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: Waterglass
"By preventing Americans' use of HCQ as a prophylaxis, the FDA is infringing on First Amendment rights to attend religious services or participate in political events such as political conventions, town halls, and rallies in an important election year."
Hmmmmm.... how about the right to LIFE??? How about the right to informed consent? How about the right to try? Why are the more concerned on the political hot topics than actually keeping their patients ALIVE to enjoy those First Amendments rights??? Call me cynical (or whatever), but it seems to me they are more interested in protecting their professional and/or political interests than the health and rights of the people.
I am very disturbed at this laser focus on one pharmaceutical -- no matter how effective -- that requires the expense of doctor's visits and a doctor's prescription, presumably after symptoms are present, and the inevitable adverse side effects for many who take it... while not a word is said about simple nutritional supplements like Zinc and Vitamins C and D3, easily obtained without any doctor's visits or prescriptions, minimal side effects, and maximum benefits. Anyone so motivated can go to Pubmed.com and search for the studies themselves; for example, "Vitamin D3 + antiviral." All three are known antivirals and known to be effective against ARDS (Acute respiratory distress syndrome) in and of themselves. All three alone can prevent severe symptoms and complications.
I am also concerned that the very high death rates initially will be blamed on the lack of chloroquine, rather than the insane Draconian measures imposed. We know that many patients were put on ventilators unnecessarily because health professionals were too cowardly to treat them properly with less invasive methods, such as CPAPs and BiPAPs. We also know that sick patients were turned away from doctors and hospitals until they were "turning blue". In other words, they were forsaken until they were on death's door. We also know that nursing homes were a freaking germ fest thanks to CoVid positive patients being locked in -- yes, LOCKED IN! -- with non CoVid patients... at least, they weren't CoVid positive.
I don't doubt that chloroquine has some positive benefits fighting CoVid. But I don't believe for a minute that it's the end-all-be-all. Nor do I believe that it's our best option, much less our only option.
originally posted by: carsforkids
a reply to: kwakakev
The situation is already destroying the community, economy and lives with its response. if this is a real medial emergency then why all these restrictions and interference with a doctors determination?
You notice when you make a point with certain people on this site.
They just go away and never answer. Just rudely leave ya hang'n
wondering what in the hell is wrong with this guy. Some have been
here for years and never once have conceded an argument. Never
humble they're opinion or consider another view to be valid. Now I
know why.
THERE ONE OF THEM!
You notice when you make a point with certain people on this site. They just go away and never answer. Just rudely leave ya hang'n wondering what in the hell is wrong with this guy. Some have been here for years and never once have conceded an argument. Never humble they're opinion or consider another view to be valid. Now I know why.
originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: one4all
You'll have to be far more specific if you want actual answers...
And if you're going to be far more more specific, you'll have to be far less snarky...
And in that case, you can go to Pubmed.com and you'll find all the answers you want.
originally posted by: rickymouse
Some People at the top of the FDA have their hands in the donation basket of the Pharma companies. Hydroxychloraquine is too cheap. Same with Heparin vs remdesivir.....Heparin from seaweeds works better at thirty bucks than remdesivir at three thousand bucks. Less side effects too.
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Nothing in regards the kooks in your Original Post.
Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on Thursday declined to take a definitive stance on whether people should take hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus, instead saying that decision should be made between a doctor and a patient.
Quinine, when found in small doses in tonic water, is safe to consume. The first tonic waters contained powdered quinine, sugar, and soda water. Tonic water has since become a common mixer with liquor, the most well-known combination being gin and tonic. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows tonic water to contain no more than 83 parts per million of quinine, because there can be side effects from quinine.
Quinine is still in tonic water, which is consumed around the world as a popular mixer with spirits, such as gin and vodka. It’s a bitter beverage, though some manufacturers have tried to soften the taste a little with added sugars and other flavors.
originally posted by: carsforkids
And on top of everything else I'm supposed to just be a complete dumb ass.
And not notice what all this looks like? Well excuse the holy F^%&$ out of
me. But I respectfully refuse to stand still and not dodge the sickle.
originally posted by: Waterglass
I used to drink Qunine water as a kind as our parents used it for cocktails.
originally posted by: Boadicea
a reply to: one4all
I'm honestly not even sure what you are asking... that's what happens when snark gets the upper hand. I could go a dozen different directions with what you've been saying.
And you have no idea what I know and what I don't know, much less how long I've known it. At best, you know what I've chosen to state and discuss on this forum, with a very wide and diverse membership.
If you're really so sick of listening to People like me who finally tune in and act like they are Messengers of THE WORD," then school me. What am I missing? What are we all missing?
originally posted by: Waterglass
So, old news? Correct! That's why I put it up today so all can read the tea leaves and judge it for what it is. No one else here put it out there. Especially after a "gentile" reporter from CNN wrote a piece trashing a group of First Line Doctors whom held a press conference several days ago on the steps of the Supreme Court. Their viral videos were banned by the trusted sources of social media such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter. They aren't the only group being banned or simply not being discussed. Read on.
So why doesn't the White House talk about the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons lawsuit on ban of Hydroxychloroquine? Why doesn't the White House talk about SEMOS findings on Hydroxychloroquine?
Here's the CNN piece to discredit the President. Do we have a Julius Caesar on deck surrounded by assassins?
Trump walks out of briefing after CNN question about hydroxychloroquine
Association of American Physicians & Surgeons
"It is shocking that medical workers in Brazil will have access to HCQ as a prophylaxis while Americans are blocked by the FDA from accessing the same medication for the same use," observes AAPS Executive Director Jane Orient, M.D. "There is no legal or factual basis for the FDA to limit use of HCQ," states AAPS General Counsel Andrew Schlafly. "The FDA's restrictions on HCQ for Americans are completely indefensible in court." Many foreign nations, including China, India, South Korea, Costa Rica, United Arab Emirates, and Turkey, use HCQ for early treatment and prevention of COVID-19, AAPS points out. "Entrenched, politically biased officials at the FDA should not be allowed to interfere with Americans' right to access medication donated to the federal government for public use," Schlafly says. "By preventing Americans' use of HCQ as a prophylaxis, the FDA is infringing on First Amendment rights to attend religious services or participate in political events such as political conventions, town halls, and rallies in an important election year."
SERMO is as SERMO does:
SERMO
So ATS, Why, why, why?
AAPS has been called the Tea Party’s favorite doctors, but it’s actually a more fitting health-care group for the Trump era. As Trump has contributed to sowing doubt about the scientific consensus, AAPS is seizing the moment. The group just wants to make health care great again—even if that means tearing it apart.
AAPS was founded in 1943 in opposition to an early effort to provide universal health care to Americans.
t first shot to fame half a century later, when it sued then–first lady Hillary Clinton to gain access to the records of her Task Force on National Health Care Reform. (Though the Clinton administration was initially ordered to pay AAPS’s lawyer fees and other costs, eventually a federal appeals court ruled in its favor.)
Overall, we rate the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) an extreme right Questionable source based on the promotion of quackery level pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, use of poor sources, a lack of transparency with funding as well as numerous false claims and failed fact checks.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: Waterglass
I hope anyone who wants it does and then drinks a bucket of it.
originally posted by: 111DPKING111
Actually taking a small dose for a few days with zinc is the key.