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Why are we talking about drugs in the public media? This is like people demanding certain drugs from their doctors because they saw it in pharmaceutical commerc

Why are we talking about drugs in the public media? This is like people demanding certain drugs from their doctors because they saw it in pharmaceutical commercial.

kevingadd 7y ago
In part there's a desire to tell people that we have "a cure" or "a vaccine" ready to go because it suppresses panic and anxiety by creating the impression that the problem is solved. Naturally, telling people that before it's actually true causes new problems, so now we have people fighting to combat misinformation.
rsynnott 7y ago
Because various high profile idiots have been lying about them. In an ideal world maybe this would be staying out of the public eye, but it’s a bit late to put the genie back in the bottle now.
threeseed 7y ago
Because it's actively being pushed by right-wing media and the President. We have a Presidential election in November. And there is a proven, strong correlation between the strength of the economy and your chance of being elected. You can't have a strong economy and people feeling happy when they are stuck at home without a job and fearful of leaving the house. So they need to get people back to work. And the only way that happens is if you can convince people that it's okay to get COVID-19 because there is some magical drug that will cure you if you end up in hospital.
- seppin 7y ago
  Facts. Sad, depressing facts.
- brandon272 7y ago
  That might work if the election was say, within the next 15 to 30 days. Trying to scam the general population into believing that an unproven drug is some kind of "magic" cure is an awfully bold and risky move 7 months from an election, especially before a potentially staggering number of deaths has been realized.
  - threeseed 7y ago
    Consumer confidence, unemployment rate and economy strength are all lagging indicators. People need to be working, shopping, socialising and the media reports of death and despair completely over before everyone is going to feel happy about the world. If we ended COVID-19 today it would take months for the negative effects to wear off. Just look at what happened after 9-11. There is a reason that the same right-wing commentators and Trump were so aggressively pushing the "get back to work" easter timeframe and are still talking mostly about jumpstarting the economy. Politics doesn't stop just because of COVID-19.
  - seppin 7y ago
    They'll spin the eventual deaths as inevitable and brag about how it wasn't 2x worse. Watch them.
- tmaly 7y ago
  The original research paper circulating on Hydroxychloroquine was from Tom Broker. He was a student of my good friend's father at Wesleyan University.

Why are we talking about drugs in the public media? This is like people demanding certain drugs from their doctors because they saw it in pharmaceutical commercial.

kevingadd 7y ago

In part there's a desire to tell people that we have "a cure" or "a vaccine" ready to go because it suppresses panic and anxiety by creating the impression that the problem is solved. Naturally, telling people that before it's actually true causes new problems, so now we have people fighting to combat misinformation.

rsynnott 7y ago

Because various high profile idiots have been lying about them. In an ideal world maybe this would be staying out of the public eye, but it’s a bit late to put the genie back in the bottle now.

threeseed 7y ago

Because it's actively being pushed by right-wing media and the President. We have a Presidential election in November. And there is a proven, strong correlation between the strength of the economy and your chance of being elected. You can't have a strong economy and people feeling happy when they are stuck at home without a job and fearful of leaving the house. So they need to get people back to work. And the only way that happens is if you can convince people that it's okay to get COVID-19 because there is some magical drug that will cure you if you end up in hospital.

seppin 7y ago
Facts. Sad, depressing facts.
brandon272 7y ago
That might work if the election was say, within the next 15 to 30 days. Trying to scam the general population into believing that an unproven drug is some kind of "magic" cure is an awfully bold and risky move 7 months from an election, especially before a potentially staggering number of deaths has been realized.
- threeseed 7y ago
  Consumer confidence, unemployment rate and economy strength are all lagging indicators. People need to be working, shopping, socialising and the media reports of death and despair completely over before everyone is going to feel happy about the world. If we ended COVID-19 today it would take months for the negative effects to wear off. Just look at what happened after 9-11. There is a reason that the same right-wing commentators and Trump were so aggressively pushing the "get back to work" easter timeframe and are still talking mostly about jumpstarting the economy. Politics doesn't stop just because of COVID-19.
- seppin 7y ago
  They'll spin the eventual deaths as inevitable and brag about how it wasn't 2x worse. Watch them.
tmaly 7y ago
The original research paper circulating on Hydroxychloroquine was from Tom Broker. He was a student of my good friend's father at Wesleyan University.