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The small studies were flawed too. We are witnessing incompetence across the board. The treatment in the "good" studies that, let's be real, most people are gu

The small studies were flawed too. We are witnessing incompetence across the board. The treatment in the "good" studies that, let's be real, most people are gunning for because they go against the president's tweet, they administered the drugs to critically ill patients. The original proposed mechanism of action is solid, came from a Dutch paper in reference to SARS, and ideally the treatment is administered sometime before the patient is already dying. Just look at what's going on on this website! Anything remotely supportive of Trump is automatically voted down. This is a board of learned professionals who have clout and their lack of objectivity is representative of academia and industry at large right now. Let's not pretend you could openly support Trump at almost any major institution right now. And this isn't about Trump. This is about getting over petty rage and not leaving treatments on the table to stick it to the man.

rsynnott 6y ago
> not leaving treatments on the table There are large studies on this ongoing. If they show something, well, fine, that's good. Until then, no-one should be promoting a dangerous drug to members of the public.
- twomoretime 6y ago
  Telling your populous, at a time when you are holding daily updates, there there is a promising drug or vaccine that scientists are researching, is an appropriate step towards maintaining some degree of hope. We cannot be liable for the 1/10e-6 percent of the population that takes this as a suggestion to self medicate with acquarium cleaner. People have gotten absolutely desperate to interpret everything he says or does in the absolutely worst way.
  - jtgeibel 6y ago
    "What do you have to lose?" Those are appropriate words of hope and inspiration?
    - twomoretime 6y ago
      I didn't say he spoke appropriately. I said the topic was appropriate. Most of the flak is from people claiming he is putting others in danger (asinine claim that denies adults agency by the way) by bringing up a potential treatment. But don't let that stop you from finding alternative ways to focus on only the negative aspects of the tweet. I mean Jesus Christ people, this is literally evidence that he is listening to his experts because he clearly rambles like he doesn't know what he's talking about. Let me repeat that for those of you who will silently downvote: the fact that he's bringing up these treatments upon questioning from reporters, and deferring to experts in real time, is evidence that he's listening to experts, which is exactly what his critics want him to do! This bias is infuriating. Apparently Trump critics are incapable of seeing shades of grey.

rsynnott 6y ago

> not leaving treatments on the table There are large studies on this ongoing. If they show something, well, fine, that's good. Until then, no-one should be promoting a dangerous drug to members of the public.

twomoretime 6y ago
Telling your populous, at a time when you are holding daily updates, there there is a promising drug or vaccine that scientists are researching, is an appropriate step towards maintaining some degree of hope. We cannot be liable for the 1/10e-6 percent of the population that takes this as a suggestion to self medicate with acquarium cleaner. People have gotten absolutely desperate to interpret everything he says or does in the absolutely worst way.
- jtgeibel 6y ago
  "What do you have to lose?" Those are appropriate words of hope and inspiration?
  - twomoretime 6y ago
    I didn't say he spoke appropriately. I said the topic was appropriate. Most of the flak is from people claiming he is putting others in danger (asinine claim that denies adults agency by the way) by bringing up a potential treatment. But don't let that stop you from finding alternative ways to focus on only the negative aspects of the tweet. I mean Jesus Christ people, this is literally evidence that he is listening to his experts because he clearly rambles like he doesn't know what he's talking about. Let me repeat that for those of you who will silently downvote: the fact that he's bringing up these treatments upon questioning from reporters, and deferring to experts in real time, is evidence that he's listening to experts, which is exactly what his critics want him to do! This bias is infuriating. Apparently Trump critics are incapable of seeing shades of grey.