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Trump said positive things about it. The left wants Trump to be wrong about everything, so wants this it to fail. The right wants Trump to be right about ever

Trump said positive things about it. The left wants Trump to be wrong about everything, so wants this it to fail. The right wants Trump to be right about everything, so wants it to work.

jbeam 7y ago
I think it’d be far more accurate to say that the left wants Trump to stop spreading misinformation on the topic than to say the left is so Machiavellian that it isn’t interested in a cure. For the most part the left seems very happy to just amplify anything Fauci says.
the_af 7y ago
I seriously doubt anyone on the planet right now (short of being deranged) wants a treatment not to work. I understand wanting to chastise Trump for being exaggerated and reckless about an unproven treatment, but wanting it not to work? That can't be true.
- cabaalis 7y ago
  A proven successful use of this drug would be very inconvenient for multiple media outlets who jumped at the (described as) unfounded claim. It would mean that either (a) the authorities had more information than they did, or that (b) the authorities bet successfully with the same amount of information, which doesn't align with their constant reporting of idiocy.
  - epistasis 7y ago
    Not true, it wouldn't inconvenience anybody if this worked out as a treatment, because nobody has claimed that it couldn't be proven to work.
  - davrosthedalek 7y ago
    You are right, but b) has an obvious logical fallacy. It assumes essentially that only intelligent people can win the lottery. Of course, this won't matter for the political discourse.
  - rsynnott 7y ago
    > A proven successful use of this drug would be very inconvenient for multiple media outlets who jumped at the (described as) unfounded claim. Eh? Even if it did turn out to work, it would still have been an unfounded claim for Trump to claim it did without evidence, and a stupid and dangerous thing to do. That's what 'unfounded' means.

Trump said positive things about it. The left wants Trump to be wrong about everything, so wants this it to fail. The right wants Trump to be right about everything, so wants it to work.

jbeam 7y ago

I think it’d be far more accurate to say that the left wants Trump to stop spreading misinformation on the topic than to say the left is so Machiavellian that it isn’t interested in a cure. For the most part the left seems very happy to just amplify anything Fauci says.

the_af 7y ago

I seriously doubt anyone on the planet right now (short of being deranged) wants a treatment not to work. I understand wanting to chastise Trump for being exaggerated and reckless about an unproven treatment, but wanting it not to work? That can't be true.

cabaalis 7y ago
A proven successful use of this drug would be very inconvenient for multiple media outlets who jumped at the (described as) unfounded claim. It would mean that either (a) the authorities had more information than they did, or that (b) the authorities bet successfully with the same amount of information, which doesn't align with their constant reporting of idiocy.
- epistasis 7y ago
  Not true, it wouldn't inconvenience anybody if this worked out as a treatment, because nobody has claimed that it couldn't be proven to work.
- davrosthedalek 7y ago
  You are right, but b) has an obvious logical fallacy. It assumes essentially that only intelligent people can win the lottery. Of course, this won't matter for the political discourse.
- rsynnott 7y ago
  > A proven successful use of this drug would be very inconvenient for multiple media outlets who jumped at the (described as) unfounded claim. Eh? Even if it did turn out to work, it would still have been an unfounded claim for Trump to claim it did without evidence, and a stupid and dangerous thing to do. That's what 'unfounded' means.