Someone on Twitter wisely noted that they were amazed at how all his constitutional scholar friends are now experts in epidemiology and immunology.
Truly fascinating, right?
Today's brief rant is a side burn toward those among us who speak like they are experts on COVID-19, quoting unnamed sources that taking chloroquine is either (a) safe or (b) effective as either a prophylactic or treatment for novel coronavirus.
Their "expertise" is really based on something they made up, something they heard, or from the nominal President of the United States who lies repeatedly during his daily propaganda tirades.
I've seen these ignoramuses on private message boards and public social media. What they propose is dangerous and should be ignored. Common sense says to favor the advice of the medical professionals.
What's even worse is the doctors who are just throwing a cocktail of azithromycin, an antibiotic, with chloroquine at patients in hopes of preventing COVID-19 or helping those already infected. Here's an article about why that's not a good idea:
https://www.biospace.com/article/hydroxychloroquine-and-z-pak-may-be-effective-treatment-for-covid-19/
There is one report of a doctor administering this cocktail to a nursing home full of elderly and mostly frail residents in hopes of warding off the disease. Instead, it caused such detrimental effects, it had to be discontinued.
Even the CDC is stressing that there is no known treatment for novel coronavirus right now. Believe them, believe the WHO (even though Trump made the asinine decision to cut their funding), believe the medical researchers who are working day and night to solve the riddle of this pandemic--but don't believe morons like the Fox News talking heads and the non-medical personnel in the White House, including the orange-tinged megalomaniacal troglodyte that is currently soiling the Oval Office.
Yours in ranting,
Michael
Truly fascinating, right?
Today's brief rant is a side burn toward those among us who speak like they are experts on COVID-19, quoting unnamed sources that taking chloroquine is either (a) safe or (b) effective as either a prophylactic or treatment for novel coronavirus.
Their "expertise" is really based on something they made up, something they heard, or from the nominal President of the United States who lies repeatedly during his daily propaganda tirades.
I've seen these ignoramuses on private message boards and public social media. What they propose is dangerous and should be ignored. Common sense says to favor the advice of the medical professionals.
What's even worse is the doctors who are just throwing a cocktail of azithromycin, an antibiotic, with chloroquine at patients in hopes of preventing COVID-19 or helping those already infected. Here's an article about why that's not a good idea:
https://www.biospace.com/article/hydroxychloroquine-and-z-pak-may-be-effective-treatment-for-covid-19/
There is one report of a doctor administering this cocktail to a nursing home full of elderly and mostly frail residents in hopes of warding off the disease. Instead, it caused such detrimental effects, it had to be discontinued.
Even the CDC is stressing that there is no known treatment for novel coronavirus right now. Believe them, believe the WHO (even though Trump made the asinine decision to cut their funding), believe the medical researchers who are working day and night to solve the riddle of this pandemic--but don't believe morons like the Fox News talking heads and the non-medical personnel in the White House, including the orange-tinged megalomaniacal troglodyte that is currently soiling the Oval Office.
Yours in ranting,
Michael
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