WH doctor: 'Potential benefit' of Trump taking hydroxychloroquine 'outweighed' risks

[riversedge]

Source: the hill




By Brett Samuels - 05/18/20 08:23 PM EDT


President Trump's physician on Monday confirmed that the president is now taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine despite not having the coronavirus, saying he and Trump concluded "the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks."

In a 114-word letter released by the White House hours after Trump announced he was taking the medication, presidential physician Sean Conley wrote that he discussed the pros and cons of taking the drug with Trump after one of his personal valets tested positive for the coronavirus.

But the letter contained no specifics on when Trump started taking the drug or what his dosage is.

"In consultation with our inter-agency partners and subject matter experts around the country, I continue to monitor the myriad studies investigating potential COVID-19 therapies, and I anticipate employing the same shared medical decision making based on the evidence at hand in the future," Conley wrote.......................

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/498429-white-house-doctor-potential-benefit-of-trump-taking

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well. we will see as trumpy always says.

I think the President of USA should not put himself in this risky position. And the doc should be sanctioned.

[greenjar_01]

1. The Hill is a Trump campaign organ

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Maybe there are potential benefits to Trump using this drug.

Those benefits would be its bad and occasionally fatal side effects.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Ducks like a quack.

[keithbvadu2]

16. Good play on words. BIGLY!

[cstanleytech]

17. I would trust Donald Duck over the quack currently in the oval office.

[jls4561]

4. The President of the USA is not putting herself in a risky position.

Putin's lackey can do whatever he wants.

Note: I self edited words on this because my momma does not appreciate those words.

[Chainfire]

5. It that Doctor named

Ted Morell?

[dalton99a]

6. It says nothing about what Trump is doing or putting in his mouth

[Sancho]

7. Maybe the doc is trying to kill off the orange menace...

[Suburban Warrior]

8. The Statement form the White House

is very misleading. It doesn't specifically say Trump was prescribed hydroxychloroquine or that he is actually taking it. It sounds like they are trying to cover for him because they know he lied about it.

[dalton99a]

9. The doc basically repeated a Washington Post headline:

[Gore1FL]

10. I actually agree with this. Let's move to bleach next. nt

[NonPC]

11. Quack Quack Quack

I agree, let's move on to bleach.

[Lucky Luciano]

12. I agree. There is indeed a potential benefit.

[Strelnikov_]

18. Doc probably needs to quadruple the dose . . .

only way to be sure.

[milestogo]

13. The benefit would be a heart attack.

A great benefit to the US, yes indeed, it would certainly be that.

[SWBTATTReg]

14. So now 3rd world countries and others that are fighting the scourge of malaria will now have to...

pay possibly higher prices for their populations in fighting malaria, while others, thinking that this drug is a panacea for avoiding CV infections (when not even fully vetted or proven so) will grab global supplies causing serious disruptions in anti-malarial efforts (for an unproven purpose for this drug)?

Can we say that rump and his doctor(s) have failed 'medical ethics 101' totally?

This drug hasn't undergone the comprehensive testing that approving a drug for other purposes requires. I'm sure that perhaps the process since the drug is a known drug will be shorter in duration, but the criteria for testing and whether the drug is a success or not are totally different.

This sounds all screwed up.

[George II]

15. The letter they produced never mentions that he's actually TAKING it!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYVt1nDWsAAXqu4?format=jpg&name=large

[ibegurpard]

19. That statement doesn't confirm he is actually taking it

[Harker]

20. What has he got to lose? n/t

[elleng]

21. Right, he might die!

[Javaman]

22. yes, him dropping dead would be a colossal benefit to all of us and the nation. :) nt

[raccoon]

23. That doctor makes me think of the quack who prescribed

Hank Williams a sedative that was used for animals.

But I don’t believe for a moment that the Dotard really takes hydroxychloroquine.

[raccoon]

24. Double posted. Nt

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