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Unfortunately its like my older family members who read stuff on facebook and think its true, not really understanding that anyone can write something, no valid

Unfortunately its like my older family members who read stuff on facebook and think its true, not really understanding that anyone can write something, no validation is being performed. Then my older family member is promoted to president by less than half of the population but still goes to facebook to get advice and ideas. Note: I am typing this as I sit drinking my daily cup of Lysol. Invigorating and I don't have Covid-19. I have picked up an uncomfortable case of indigestion, but I'm sure it will pass.

LegitShady 7y ago
The president is getting his information form the CDC and other advisors. Pretending he's sourcing it from Facebook is pure fantasy.
- dagmx 7y ago
  Noone said he’s getting it from Facebook. Just that they were noting the similarity. Trump has been shown several times however to disregard expert advice and tweet or act based on input from Fox News, so in that way, it’s not really any different. To act like he is only ever reporting information from experts is the real pure fantasy. He’s much more likely to be citing “opinion” peddlers instead.
- wonderwonder 7y ago
  The president was suggesting and shilling hydroxychloroquine for weeks based on the advise of the CDC? The president went on TV last night and mused about and got his staff to commit to investigating drinking / injecting / huffing disinfectant and putting 'powerful' light into bodies based on the advice of the CDC? I really doubt that. Now you may be right that he gets his info from advisors but the quality of advice is only as good as the advisors. Considering he has removed a vast number of competent experienced people and replaced them with sycophants with no experience may reduce that quality. His daughter and son in law are special advisors. https://www.whitehouse.gov/people/ivanka-trump/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/people/ivanka-trump/ Also I did not say he gets his info from facebook, I said he is similar to people who do. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-jared-kushner-facebook-group-crowdsource-2020-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-jared-kushner-fa...
- chance_state 7y ago
  He sits and watches a particular television station for _hours_ a day. To think that he listens to the CDC and not his friends on TV is extremely naive.
- rsynnott 7y ago
  I think it's a reasonably safe assumption that the CDC didn't suggest to him that injecting disinfectant would be a good idea. Or tell him that promoting chloroquine would be a good idea, for that matter.
  - rechristened 7y ago
    Maybe it was the same people that told Emanuel Macron that hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin was a promising treatment. You can't act like Trump is the only leader who talked about it. Macron went further than that, spending three hours talking to the researcher who proposed using it.
    - wonderwonder 7y ago
      Macron went and spoke with the researcher to gain additional information. I don't see anything wrong with that. After meeting with the researcher, he did not go on social media and encourage its widespread use. Trump has taken a very different approach. Trump has prevented a doctor from responding to questions about its use. Trump was actively saying we have no time for tests, lets just use it. It appears he also fired the director of the US health department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for not endorsing its use. To say that meeting with a researcher to gather information is going further than publicly shilling for its use and cracking down on those in his administration who don't advocate for it is going further is very much not accurate.
    - VBprogrammer 7y ago
      Compare these two statement. Which one sounds like a cautious and sensible approach to a combination of drugs which have not yet been approved for use against a novel virus? "Asked about the report, the presidential adviser said Macron had taken note of a certain number of elements presented by the professor and would give it careful consideration, in particular at a meeting with his scientific advisory panel. Macron has yet to publicly share his opinion on the controversy." https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille-doctor-behind-virus-cure-touted-by-trump https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille... Trump said: "HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)....."

LegitShady 7y ago

The president is getting his information form the CDC and other advisors. Pretending he's sourcing it from Facebook is pure fantasy.

dagmx 7y ago
Noone said he’s getting it from Facebook. Just that they were noting the similarity. Trump has been shown several times however to disregard expert advice and tweet or act based on input from Fox News, so in that way, it’s not really any different. To act like he is only ever reporting information from experts is the real pure fantasy. He’s much more likely to be citing “opinion” peddlers instead.
wonderwonder 7y ago
The president was suggesting and shilling hydroxychloroquine for weeks based on the advise of the CDC? The president went on TV last night and mused about and got his staff to commit to investigating drinking / injecting / huffing disinfectant and putting 'powerful' light into bodies based on the advice of the CDC? I really doubt that. Now you may be right that he gets his info from advisors but the quality of advice is only as good as the advisors. Considering he has removed a vast number of competent experienced people and replaced them with sycophants with no experience may reduce that quality. His daughter and son in law are special advisors. https://www.whitehouse.gov/people/ivanka-trump/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/people/ivanka-trump/ Also I did not say he gets his info from facebook, I said he is similar to people who do. https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-jared-kushner-facebook-group-crowdsource-2020-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-jared-kushner-fa...
chance_state 7y ago
He sits and watches a particular television station for _hours_ a day. To think that he listens to the CDC and not his friends on TV is extremely naive.
rsynnott 7y ago
I think it's a reasonably safe assumption that the CDC didn't suggest to him that injecting disinfectant would be a good idea. Or tell him that promoting chloroquine would be a good idea, for that matter.
- rechristened 7y ago
  Maybe it was the same people that told Emanuel Macron that hydroxychloroquine + azithromycin was a promising treatment. You can't act like Trump is the only leader who talked about it. Macron went further than that, spending three hours talking to the researcher who proposed using it.
  - wonderwonder 7y ago
    Macron went and spoke with the researcher to gain additional information. I don't see anything wrong with that. After meeting with the researcher, he did not go on social media and encourage its widespread use. Trump has taken a very different approach. Trump has prevented a doctor from responding to questions about its use. Trump was actively saying we have no time for tests, lets just use it. It appears he also fired the director of the US health department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority for not endorsing its use. To say that meeting with a researcher to gather information is going further than publicly shilling for its use and cracking down on those in his administration who don't advocate for it is going further is very much not accurate.
  - VBprogrammer 7y ago
    Compare these two statement. Which one sounds like a cautious and sensible approach to a combination of drugs which have not yet been approved for use against a novel virus? "Asked about the report, the presidential adviser said Macron had taken note of a certain number of elements presented by the professor and would give it careful consideration, in particular at a meeting with his scientific advisory panel. Macron has yet to publicly share his opinion on the controversy." https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille-doctor-behind-virus-cure-touted-by-trump https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille... Trump said: "HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine. The FDA has moved mountains - Thank You! Hopefully they will BOTH (H works better with A, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)....."