Posted on 04/06/2020 10:22:17 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Monday that early responses to the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine “anecdotally” suggest its use in the coronavirus fight has been “effective,” but that official data was still forthcoming.
Asked about the progress of the trials at his daily press briefing, Cuomo noted that state officials have allowed use of the drug in combination with the antibiotic Zithromax in hospitals “at their discretion.” He said the federal government would increase supplies to New York pharmacies, but that New York has imposed a 14-day limit to protect the supplies for people who rely on it to treat other medical conditions.
“The tests in the hospital, they’re too short a period of time to get a scientific report,” Cuomo said. “Hospital administrators, doctors want to have a significant data set before they give a formal opinion. Anecdotally, you’ll get suggestions that it has been effective. But we don’t have any official data yet from a hospital or a quote-unquote study, which will take weeks if not months.”
“There has been anecdotal evidence that it is promising; that’s why we’re going ahead,” he added, noting that some patients have a pre-existing condition or medication regimen that prevents them from taking it.
An increase in the supply from the federal government, Cuomo added, would allow New York to lift the 14-day restriction.
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Today Fauci will have that look on his face again like he just took a rusty nail suppository.
This is my question: Of those given the drug coctail that were not alrady at deaths doorstep, how many recovered? And of those that were mildly symptomatic, how many recovered?
Ponder this. Our system of government is based on the idea and premise of federalism. Government is supposed to get stronger, more effective and more accountable the closer it reaches and touches the lives of “we the people.” It is also called “home rule.” Every state in the union is responsible for its own disaster planning, which is supposed to be replicated down to the county and local municipal level. The federal government is there through its various agencies to help and assist, but there are limits to how much it can bail out one incompetent state, as it has 49 other states to be mindful of, as well as the national security and border integrity of the entire country, which are its primary obligations.
It has been 19 years since 9/11, where NYC was the epicenter. Billions upon billions spent. Surely, bioterrorism, whether state sponsored or by accident, or by some random act of nature, must have figured into SOME of those dollars spent in and on NY. Who, and what party, has been in charge of NYS and NYC for the past how many years? Even after the travel ban from China, top NYC officials, including DeBlasio and his health commissioner, were urging New Yorkers to continue to mass congregate in celebration of the Chinese New Year.
Cuomo, like every other liberal, has been more concerned with the welfare of the undocumented than the US citizens of the State of NY. His ill-advised green-light law, as one example, created mass crowding at all NYS DMV offices since January. Now he cries like every other liberal for more federal handouts, and seeks to raid red upstate NY of its ventilators for blue NYC. Despicable. BTW, that rationing the left is now complaining about IS TYPICAL of the single payer systems they pine for, which work ok for primary care - but not so well for elective or urgent care, or in a pandemic. Ask Canada, where my brother lives, or Italy or Spain, for that matter.
I may live in New York, but I fracking hate GNU YAWKAHS like the Perfumed Prince Andrew.
Hydroxychloroquine was first floated as an answer for this by Elon Musk, a hero of the Left.
If he were the one getting credit and not Trump you’d be seeing racks of the stuff inside 7-Eleven by now.
“but that official data was still forthcoming”
Is it? I have some doubts. It will leave egg on to many RATS / Deep Staters and Media types. Not to mention pissing off big Pharma and their expensive “treatment” drugs / Procedures.
What we *do* know for certain is the left and the media will *never* give Trump credit for being quite vocal about using hydroxychloroquine when doctors/hospitals believe it would be a good option to consider. If it is ever proven at a later time that hydroxychloroquine was our best available option for the moment, a lot of the left and the media needs to answer for those who either suffered or died due to blocking or downplaying its effectiveness.
Yep
So if hydroxychloroquine is the answer, what is the COVID19 infection rate of the thousands of people that take it all the time?
A win-win! Win.
“Better to be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead IMO”
That’s a keeper. I’d laugh my ass off if Trump said that at a Presser with Dr. Farci was in attendance.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is a slimy sleeze bag. Letting people die when there is no need. Horrible plutocrat.
People are dying because of the democrat party and Andrew Cuomo (D) in New York.
They did this to Bush with Katrina. He offered help prior to the hurricane but the democrat governor blocked him.
Shove it in their faces today Trump! Including Dr. Fugazzi. Wow.
Cuomo has never heard of asymetrical risk assessment.
Its a NO BRAINEr!
Oooops, I forgot that Cuomo is a democrat above all else , he has less than no brain!
My son has taken Plaquenil for years in conjunction with Humira injections for his RA. Of course the company he works for told everybody to go, and work from home 4 weeks ago, so other than going to the grocery store, he hasn't been in contact with anyone else...except his cat.
Navarro said this morning that successful results are now available from randomized clinical trials.
That puts the kibosh on leftist drama queens about a lack of ‘science’.
Andrew needs to shut up.
I believe Fredo is faking it as a crisis actor to further the narrative and to get attention like a lot of stupid celebrities.
Is Fauci racing to a microphone somewhere to issue more alarmist statements that it will be 18 months before we get a vaccine and we need to stay locked up until then?
Former Hud Secretary Andrew Como, the architect of the 2007 subprime crisis, continues his path of destruction as Gov of NY.
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