Docs Say Hydroxychloroquine 91% Successful [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 3 May 2020 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

A solid refutation of the media meme contending that President Trump is an idiot for suggesting that a malaria drug could be a "game changer" in the battle against the coronavirus was delivered by a report from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) showing that 91% of 2,333 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine benefited from the drug.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, funder of the Wuhan lab experimenting with the coronavirus, and the chief medical adviser to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, downplayed these findings saying that "in my mind this was not a valid test of the therapy. We need to have a test where half of the patients are given this drug and half are given a placebo before I could recommend a widespread reliance on this therapy. If we do this and most of those in the placebo group die, then we will have proof that the therapy is safe and effective compared to no treatment. That's the scientific 'gold standard' comparison that the FDA demands before it will approve a drug for a specific illness."

AAPS president Dr. Albert Fisher rejected Fauci's view calling it "a deadly error in the face of a pandemic. Doctors who treat patients must put their patients' interest ahead of any other concern. The objective is to save the life and restore the health of every patient by using whatever methods seem best. The experience in the field that Dr. Fauci casually dismisses as 'anecdotal' shows which therapies are working and which are not. Doctors should quickly adopt what is working. Demanding that lives be intentionally endangered as Dr. Fauci recommends just to satisfy an FDA bureaucratic 'gold standard' is medical malpractice."

After being apprised of the AAPS study, President Trump tweeted "maybe I picked to the wrong guy to advise the task force."

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[Flash Bazbeaux]

If airplane flights had a 91 percent success rate, millions of people would die each year.

Why are Conservatives always cheerleaders for death?

[See how it’s done? Like shooting fish in a barrel/sarc.]

[dfwgator]

If airplane flights had a 91 percent success rate, millions of people would die each year.

[z3n]

[Bob434]

I wish a reporter woudl ask Fauci and Birx the following:

“What do you say about the fact that the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) showing that 91% of 2,333 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine benefited from the drug.”?

Force the issue right on live TV-

[Secret Agent Man]

forget the fact that ‘miracle drugs’ that are approved are considered ‘miracles’ because they have about a 50% effective rate on people

forget that most drugs approved do not ever reach 50% effective and are around the 25-30% effectiveness ranges

kind of puts the 91% in better perspective when you have actual context

[Candor7]

We need to have a test where half of the patients are given this drug and half are given a placebo before I could recommend a widespread reliance on this therapy.>>>>>>>>>>

He has no problem consigning placebo taking patients to their deaths.

Fauxi needs to be infected with the Wuhan virus. Then put in a room and questioned to see if he will recant. If not, give him a placebo and see how he makes out.If he gets reallt bad and can’t breath, then place him on a respirator and see if he can make it into the 10% of those on ventilators who live.

This man needs to be taken off the task force and sent to a Senate investigation Committee to explain why he funded Coronavirus research at the Wuhan lab.