SalvorHardin wrote:redsturgeon wrote:I think that in the medical and scientific community the relevant people are looking at all possible means of ameliorating the effects of C19. The over hyping of any particular drug regime is not helpful to this process and unfortunately Trump is one of the main culprits in this regard. It is not the job of newspapers or reporters or politicians to speculate on unproven drugs or treatment based on anecdotal evidence.
There is no MSM conspiracy to stop the "truth" coming out. Please put the tin foil hats away. Remember that Trump is also an anti-vaxxer. Let the medics and scientist do their job.
Are we talking about the same Donald Trump? From April 2019
"They have to get the shots’: Trump, once a vaccine skeptic, changes his tune amid measles outbreaks"
https://www.statnews.com/2019/04/26/trump-vaccinations-measles/
"President Trump on Vaccines: From Skeptic to Cheerleader"
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/trump-vaccines.html
So many people are desperate for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to fail solely because Trump has pointed it out. If Obama had done the same they'd probably have been saying what a visionary he is.
Many doctors have been using hydroxychloroquine with the antibiotic azithromycin and have been getting decent results. Sure, this doesn't meet the double blind standards of the FDA but meeting that standard is going to take years.
You're right, I should have said Trump "was" an anti vaxxer. The point being that Trump actual doesn't necessarily hold any particular view any longer than it is necessary for the best outcome for himself and does not need any evidence to back up his world view on anything.
Not wishing to go off topic, the main point of agreement is that Trump being so pro hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine is not helping matters. They may work, they may not. Trump has no more idea than anyone else. We should let the scientists do their work unhindered by politics.