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It seems completely reasonable to you for the president to tweet out unqualified medical advice during a pandemic?

• refurb 7y ago
  It's not medical advice. It's "hey, these drugs look promising, so the FDA is fast tracking things". How could anyone construe that as medical advice? If the president said "hey, the FDA just approved a great new cancer drug", is that medical advice for cancer patients? Of course not.
  • SECProto 7y ago
    There was a similar discussion on HN about 1 week ago, where a commenter described making a "lightning strike" trip to Mexico to buy Chloroquine from a less regulated source, so they can dose themself if they get sick. In a country where people literally can't afford to see a doctor, and the masses are panicked by a disease, when the leader tweets out a couple of drugs that look promising .... yes, I think it's reasonable to assume that some people will take it as medical advice.
  • anigbrowl 7y ago
    People on HN might not, uneducated people easily could. Why do you think pharmaceutical commercials include so many warnings?