Posted on 03/24/2020 6:45:58 AM PDT by kevcol
Many other media outlets arent reporting that the Arizona man didnt die after ingesting the anti-malaria drug chloroquine. He died after self-medicating himself with a product used to clean fish tanks:
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There is no excuse for the Reuters headline. Pure propaganda.
No it won't. Two different chemicals. The one that the press is misleading about is a known poison. It is not the same compound as the malaria prophylactic.
We allow and enjoy ethyl alcohol for drinking, but methyl alcohol is poison.
No, he did not say take chloroquine. He stated that there are several promising drugs including hydrochloroquine that are being test right now and that there is hope that these will work out. Again, he did NOT say at any time take chloroquine. More democrat propaganda.
An Arizona paper that covered the story had a picture. Don't know if it's the actual product used, but this is what they featured:
I've read dosages of up to 250mg used twice a day. 10 grams is 40 doses. I gotta wonder how much they consumed. The stuff you get in pill form has a ton of filler. To measure this out properly, you'd need a scale sensitive enough to detect milligrams (.001g). That's something the typical kitchen scale isn't precise enough to measure. Amazon sells scales sensitive enough for ~$20. But it's not something Walmart carries in-store.
It's strange that this couple felt they had to buy this on the internet instead just going to their doctor and getting a prescription. Would have been marginally more expensive, but they would have gotten dosage instructions.
SO if Trump told someone they should have surgery and said person went home and cut their own gallbladder out you would have the same opinion? Sometimes when giving advice or guidance one assumes the person on the receiving end has some common sense...
A teaspoon is 1/6 of a fluid ounce. A fluid ounce of something with a specific gravity of 1 (like water) is going to weight 28.3 grams, more or less.
Most powdered organic substances will have a somewhat lower specific gravity. But then, most spoonfuls of powdered stuff are heaped a bit rather than level.
So, to guess that their “a teaspoon” dose was roughly a sixth of an ounce, or 4 to 5 grams, is going to get you to a massive overdose, of the order of 10 to 20x normal. If they had a 10 gram pack, maybe they split it?
Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, Chloroquine Phosphate is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:https://www.ndrugs.com/?s=chloroquine%20phosphate
- Arthritis in children.
- High levels of calcium in the blood associated with sarcoidosis.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Various skin disorders.
Medical device is offered by all sorts of people. Take XYZ for health!
The issue is more who TAKES the advice than who gives it.
Of course, to the press, Trump expresly suggested that people eat aquarium cleaner, but that's the press talking. The most dishonest people on the planet.
[He died from ingesting chloroquine phosphate which is a toxic aquarium cleaner, not unlike the phosphate detergents they banned years ago. ]
[So, to guess that their a teaspoon dose was roughly a sixth of an ounce, or 4 to 5 grams, is going to get you to a massive overdose, of the order of 10 to 20x normal. If they had a 10 gram pack, maybe they split it?]
That's OK, I was being sarcastic, anyway.
[A teaspoon is 1/6 of a fluid ounce. A fluid ounce of something with a specific gravity of 1 (like water) is going to weight 28.3 grams, more or less.]
The President: Now, a drug called chloroquine and some people would add to it hydroxy-. Hydroxychloroquine. So chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine. Now, this is a common malaria drug. It is also a drug used for strong arthritis. If somebody has pretty serious arthritis, also uses this in a somewhat different form. But it is known as a malaria drug, and its been around for a long time and its very powerful. But the nice part is, its been around for a long time, so we know that if it if things dont go as planned, its not going to kill anybody.
[well Trump said take chloroquine, its the cure, and the package said chloroquine. My personal opinion remains that the medical advice should really be given by the medical professionals.]
Well, that would be lower density than I was assuming (I was guessing about .5 and some heaping of the spoon). But, maybe they used tablespoons, or maybe they each had a package. Who knows? These don’t appear to have been very precise people, and they may have been too sick to be accurate in their recollections, anyway.
Thanks for the clarification.
Trump: “Penicillin is a wonder drug that helps many people.”
Some idiot eats mold to try to live forever.
Media: “Trump killed that man.”
They want to make people afraid of what may be a viable treatment because President Trump said he has a good feeling about it.
And you can also die from drinking too much water. I’m not sure why you don’t see the issue was with the persons who self medicated based on what they heard President Trump say on TV.
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