Here's the headline: "Trump holds "financial interest" in pharmaceutical company that produces : NYT." And that's not all...
"some people in the president's orbit stand to profit if hydroxychloroquine is approved to treat coronavirus."
There's more...
"Some associates of Mr. Trump's have financial interests in the issue. Sanofi's [hydroxychloroquine maker] largest shareholders include Fisher Asset Management, the mutual fund company run by Ken Fisher, a major donor to Republicans, including Mr. Trump."
It never fails with Donald Trump. There is always a profit angle, aimed in his direction, in everything he does like this. Pathetic! READ MORE...
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UPDATE: Surprise...Donald Trump intervened with India and the country agreed to continue to shiphydroxychloroquine. Would this have anything to do with the fact that T-rump owns interest in the drug maker? Beyond pathetic!
Is hydroxychloroquine the miracle drug Donald Trump is making it?...
Dr. Fauci puts potential drug use in perspective...
Donald Trump has touted hydroxychloroquine used to treat malaria for COVID-19, but Dr. Anthony Fauci says it is only anecdotal. Just for grins I looked up the term and here is the definition of anecdotal...
"An adjective, (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because it is based on personal accounts rather than facts or research."
Plain and simple, it is not yet approved to treat coronavirus, based on lengthy scientific studies. In a pandemic, do you have time for lengthy scientific studies? While the answer to that is probably no, if you do proceed without adequate studies with proven results, are you ready for after and side-effects that could be deadly? That's what the FDA is for, to approve any medication like this going on the market, but not doing so until credible scientists have given the go-ahead.
And we're not there yet, but already there is activity in New York on the drug...
"A [New York] state Health Department official said the DOH has shipped doses of hydroxychloroquine to 56 hospitals across New York, distributing enough “to treat 4,000 patients to date.”
Reported by the New York Post, "Patients have received doses as part of four- or 10-day regimens, officials said." Here's the scenario...
"The University of Albany’s School of Public Health is observing the drug’s impact on the patients, and its preliminary study could come back in weeks instead of the usual months, officials said."
Trump blocks Dr. Fauci's answer on "anecdotal" hydroxychloroquine...
Clinical trials are being conducted and there is hope there will be results in just weeks, rather than the usual months' wait. The following is new to me but, “Currently, there is no proven way to prevent COVID-19 after being exposed,” So...
“If hydroxychloroquine provides protection, then it could be an essential tool for fighting this pandemic. If it doesn’t, then people should avoid unnecessary risks from taking the drug.”
The drugs current use is "to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus." And here is why the expert, Dr. Fauci wants to restrict hydroxychloroquine's wide distribution...
"Its potential side effects include everything from fatal heart arrhythmia to vision loss, ear-ringing, vomiting, mood changes, skin rashes and hair loss."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on New York testing hydroxychloroquine and other similar drugs...
That, most would agree, is a good reason for reluctance to actively push the drug just yet. Apparently no one thinks the it will be a “miracle drug” for COVID-19, but the world is desperately looking for anything to fight this virus. There is a protocol for the studies being done in New York...
"Each day during the 14-day period and then again on Day 28, the participants will swab their nasal passages and send the samples to researchers to detect potential COVID-19 infection.
“'If everything goes as planned, the eight-week trial could provide answers by summer on whether a preventive dose of the drug is safe and effective,’' NYU Langone said in a release."
The question, of course, is whether Dr. Fauci will still consider the evidence anecdotal, and if so, will it proceed to limited use, with or without the expert? My gut tells me that, if after the summer period when the study results are in, which are not yet really as scientific as Fauci requires, there will be an all-out war between the factions and guess who will win. And it won't be the American public.
The above is the statement of Late Night host Seth Meyers
who apparently echoes the feelings of most of the country...
Seth Meyers on Jared Kushner...
The incompetency of Jared Kushner was picked up by most of the late night shows, who roasted Donald Trump's son-in law like the turkey he is. Myers also said to Kushner...
"You’re a nepotism case, and you only got the White
House job because you married into the family, and because the security guards
believed your fake ID.’
This was Seth Meyers trademark 'Closer Look" where he
revealed...
the dire shortage of ventilators and the negligent federal
response, advised by Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to address the
problem. "We have a situation where states are begging for life-saving
ventilators and the Trump team is in disarray,” Meyers explained.
"Why is Kushner, as utterly ignorant and unqualified
for this task as he is for all the other ones he has been assigned, even
remotely involved with the government’s effort to deal with one of the most
profound challenges the United States has ever faced?"
A question that can only be answered by the idiot who named
Kushner to the post, nepotism's greatest practitioner, Donald Trump. WP adds...
"Was it not enough that he was told to solve the opioid
crisis and achieve Middle East peace, inevitably failing at both? Is he the
person whose help we need right now?"
Jared Kushner just before taking over COVID-19 program...
"Kushner reportedly told Trump that Andrew Cuomo was
exaggerating the need for ventilations in New York State — whereas Anthony
Fauci agrees with Cuomo"
Here is the current status of the state's and the city's COVID-19 situation reported by New York magazine...
"As of midday Sunday, there have been more than 122,000
confirmed cases of the coronavirus discovered in New York, including more than
67,500 in New York City. At least 4,159 people with COVID-19 have died in the
state, which has the largest number — around 40 percent — of confirmed cases in
the U.S."
"Yes, President Trump’s voters, along with those who
elected the similarly ignorant and slothful Republican governors in Florida and
Georgia who failed to act promptly to stem the coronavirus, should remember
that next time. Better to elect someone like California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)
or Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) rather than someone continually pandering to
Trump, resisting readily available scientific advice and attacking the
media."
“And the notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed
to be our stockpile,” Kushner said. “It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles
that they then use.”
The HHS website in fact said...
“Strategic National Stockpile is the nation’s largest supply
of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health
emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out.” It continued to
say, "When state, local, tribal, and territorial responders request
federal assistance to support their response efforts, the stockpile ensures
that the right medicines and supplies get to those who need them most during an
emergency.”
And that, folks, is the guy appointed to get us through the
coronavirus pandemic. Behind whom is the idiot elected to keep this county
safe, no matter what, none other than Donald Trump who appointed the other
moron. Not sure which is worse, the Trump family or the COVID-19 pandemic.
More on this imbecile coming!
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Iowa's normal common sense vanishes in the case of Gov. Reynolds...
Gov. Reynolds, the culprit
Iowa's Governor Kim Reynolds isn't alone in resisting Dr. Fauci's recommendation that with the recent activity in COVID-19, the public should consider self-isolating for the sake of protecting themselves and others, Other states deciding against are, in the South and Midwest...
"Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota have all resisted issuing any kind of stay at home orders, while Wyoming, Utah, Oklahoma and South Carolina have only issued orders in part of their states."
She is no doubt following the lead of her leader, Donald Trump, as the ring in her nose is tightened regularly. Here's Reynolds reasoning in answer to Fauci...
“I would say to him, does he recognize the fact that we have closed down schools and we’ve actually done that through (April) 30?” Reynolds said. “Is he aware of the various businesses that have been closed, restaurants and bars, through April 30 that we have implemented and no social gatherings of more than 10 people? That we have added additional closures to the orders that I have put in place based on data and metrics that we daily look at and move forward.”
I would say to her, it is downright dumb to think limiting congregating groups to ten will help when it only takes one with the virus to infect others. Reynolds has poor judgment and should not be running a state. Iowa should get rid of her along with Sen. Joni Ernst ASAP! READ MORE...
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"The Covid-19 pandemic is “far from over” in Asia, the World Health Organization has warned, as the number of coronavirus deaths in the US surpassed those in China for the first time."
"According to a report from the Washington Post, major media outlets are choosing to take a pass on attending Donald Trump’s daily press conferences because they have proven to be news-free and there is no sense exposing their reporters to the possibility of getting sick."
"Trump’s tribe of wacko supporters have spiraled out of control — and now they’re a major threat to public health and safety." This just proves how many people in this country are fruitcake crackpots. Put 'em in concentration camps so they can kill each other.
Insurance tied to a person's employment has taken a huge hit with the millions of layoffs. The system is in grave danger of collapsing altogether, if Congress doesn't step in to help. Yeah...sure.
With the "catastrophic rise in unemployment following the forced shutdown of businesses across the country to stop the spread of Covid-19 – and experts are warning it could trigger a severe mental health crisis."
Donald Trump in denial over COVID-19 one month ago...
"In times of crisis — from wars to natural disasters to recessions — Americans have looked to the federal government to step up and lead the national effort to confront the challenge.
"In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, our federal government, led by Donald Trump, has essentially abdicated its traditional role of spearheading a coordinated response."
The White House is a swinging door of people being fired and leaving, with new schmucks coming through the door regularly to support Donald Trump's ineptness...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck
Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Atkinson’s ouster was evidence that Trump “fires people
for telling the truth.”
The revolving door is only a small part of the story. The
real focus here is on truth, something Donald Trump's White House does not
believe in. Therefore, if you choose to be truthful about the Oval Office
lunatic, 'yer out!' Pathetic!
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