Posted on 04/08/2020 1:58:39 PM PDT by sickoflibs
During their daily coronavirus press conference Tuesday, San Diego County officials announced that there were 50 new cases and 12 deaths in the prior 24 hours, “the largest single day jump in fatalities to date.”
Despite this, Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county public health officer, said they are not recommending the use of hydroxychloroquine, a medication President Trump has mentioned numerous times during White House briefings and which a Democrat state representative from Michigan credits with saving her life.
Wooten also urged county residents to avoid experimental treatments for COVID-19, stressing that there was no known cure for the illness.
Of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial medication touted multiple times in recent days by President Donald Trump, Wooten was clear.
“We are not recommending this medication,” she said.
Dr. Eric McDonald, the county’s medical director of epidemiology, agreed.
“This particular drug is not FDA indicated for this use,” he said. “There’s no evidence of any specific drug that has any specific efficacy at this time.”
Dr. McDonald is simply and completely wrong. A fact sheet issued by the FDA April 3 states:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to permit the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine sulfate supplied from the Strategic National Stockpile to treat adults and adolescents who weigh 50 kg or more and are hospitalized with COVID-19 for whom a clinical trial is not available, or participation is not feasible.
Because it’s been such a short time since the Chinese foisted the Wuhan flu upon the world clinical trials haven’t been completed, but, as my colleague Elizabeth Vaughn reported, Dr. Marc Siegel appeared on Tucker Carlson Tuesday night and spoke about favorable results coming from at least four ongoing clinical trials and about how the drug saved his own 96-year-old father.
For officials in San Diego County to parrot the CNN/MSNBC/NY Times talking points against the use of a drug that has been successfully used by millions of patients (including a childhood friend of mine who has taken it for 25 years to treat lupus) for 65 years and for which there are numerous instances of documented efficacy in fighting COVID-19 is irresponsible. Sadly, the people who stand to lose their lives because of it are those in lower socioeconomic classes who can’t afford to go ask a private physician for the drug – the very people San Diego County officials are saying they’re trying to help the most.
Bulls**t.
CA for ya
Apparently this “doctor” isn’t clear on what “off-label” means...
Her mouth is moving, but all I hear is “Orange Man Bad”.
Shut up, San Diego officials. Who asked you?
Literally millions of times per day people by order of their physician use prescription drugs for off label use. I use a beta blocker to control my BP due to anxiety and panic attacks.
Is this one of those If it works don’t use it messages ? Or don’t try it ... it may work to help .... democrats... they like killing babies and other people as well
When will so many in the middle realize that the
Dems would rather kill you than allow an effective treatment strategy. Many deaths are a cheap price to pay to slake their thirst for absolute power.
Trump-hating leftists will frog march you to your grave. The FDA is trying to work against Trump. That is more important to them than saving lives.
“San Diego County officials”
It sounds official?
Total quackery.
It looks like a duck.
“Many deaths are a cheap price to pay to slake their thirst for absolute power.”
So is a moribund economy, it seems.
Quinine and zink
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Well, I half agree. That is, for the liberal half, I agree. If you are liberal, you really should NOT take this disgusting Trump pill. But for conservatives, who cares, go ahead. In fact, it will probably kill them, so SD should give all conservatives the Trump pill and then just sit back and wait to enjoy the result. (angelic smile)
k=c
Naw, just aboid a toxic, liberal wife.
But in California marijuana is fine for every malady real or imagined. I don't think the FDA has done any double blind studies on some Cheech and Chong jumbo joint yet.
It’s a new virus- ALL treatments for it are experimental.
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