Trump on unproven drug: What do you have to lose?; "AMA President, You could lose your life"

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gawd. I really do not know who will shut Trump down!


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ama-president-trump-hydroxychloroquine_n_5e8a9914c5b6e7d76c663197


NAVIRUS 04/06/2020 05:16 am ET Updated 5 hours ago
AMA President Has A Stark Warning About Trump’s Coronavirus Treatment Advice
The president suggested there’s nothing to lose by trying an anti-malarial drug for COVID-19. Doctors say you could lose your life.

By Josephine Harvey

Against the advice of medical experts, President Donald Trump again promoted the use of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as treatment for coronavirus on Sunday, asking “What do you have to lose?” The American Medical Association’s top doctor says lives could be lost.

“There could be negative side effects,” said Dr. Patrice Harris, president of the AMA, during an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “There could be deaths. This is a new virus, and so we should not be promoting any medication or drug for any disease that has not been proven and approved by the FDA.”

Harris was asked to weigh in on the president’s optimistic remarks from a press conference earlier Sunday, during which he again touted the drug, despite repeated warnings from the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, that there is no strong evidence that it’s effective against coronavirus.

“What do you have to lose?” Trump asked during the White House briefing. “I want them to try it, and it may work and it may not work. But if it doesn’t work, there is nothing lost by doing it.”

According to the American Medical Association expert, there’s a lot to lose.

“You could lose your life,” Harris said. “It’s unproven. And so certainly there are some limited studies, as Dr. Fauci said. But at this point, we just don’t have the data to suggest that we should be using this medication for COVID-19.”.......................

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[Blue Owl]

1. Didn't tRump steal that slogan from one of his failed casinos?

n/t

[Newest Reality]

6. He said it to...

He said it to black voters, remember?

"What have you got to lose?"

The implications of what there is to lose are enormous, actually.

[SheltieLover]

2. K&R

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Then if these medicines are so safe, you volunteer to take the damn drugs, idiot. Prove it.

Put your money where your mouth is (oh wait, you're broke, I forgot!).

Idiot. Now he's a doctor. He is more of a quack if you ask me.

[sarcasmo]

4. Trump or someone close with Trump has stock in Novartis.

[malaise]

5. I want to know who else was on that trip to India

because India manufactures most of the generics for this drug. Do not forget the rally date in India Feb 24.
Why did India ban all exports of this drug last Saturday?
Something is up - come on sleuths!

[Hoyt]

7. Here's why India stop exporting -- they are saving it for themselves.

“The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended the anti-malarial drug for those involved in the care of suspected or confirmed cases of the coronavirus and also, for the asymptomatic household contacts of laboratory confirmed cases.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.economictimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/pharmaceuticals/trump-seeks-modis-help-to-release-hydroxychloroquine-ordered-by-us-to-treat-covid-19-patients/amp_articleshow/74991171.cms


The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the Government of India through the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

[malaise]

8. With good reason but the Con called Modi after that decision was made

Why?

[Hoyt]

11. He said why, to ask/beg him to ship drugs already ordered to USA. Everything is not a conspiracy.

[rockfordfile]

12. The truth is trump is a crook.

BS India isn't saving it for themselves. First trump is pushing because it because him or friends have investment connect to companies making the drug.

[Hoyt]

13. There are at least 4 companies producing it, and more can. It's dirt cheap.

There’s no money in it at several multiples of current price.

And, yes, India is hoarding it.

He’s pushing it because it’s the only chance he has of looking good to his base, after the disastrous first month of the pandemic. If he personally developed a cure and vaccine, I still wouldn’t vote for the POS. But a lot will.

Definitely agree he’s a crook.

[meadowlander]

9. Also the lives of the people who actually need it -

people with malaria or lupus who aren't going to be able to get the drugs they need because they're being stockpiled by yahoos.

[crickets]

10. +1