Posted on 04/13/2020 11:00:17 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
South Dakota will be the first state to hold a statewide trial for hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment of the coronavirus.
Gov. Kristi Noem announced on Monday that the state health department and every major hospital would take part in a clinical trial to treat COVID-19 patients and those who have been exposed to individuals who tested positive for the coronavirus. The trial, which will be led by Sanford Health, was given approval by federal authorities to be the first statewide trial of the drug.
"We are going to be the first state in the nation to run a statewide clinical trial on hydroxychloroquine. It will be used to fight COVID-19, and the team behind me, Sanford Health, has helped lead this effort," Noem said.
"For the past week, I have been in direct contact with the White House, with President Trump's team, spoken with Vice President Pence, Jared Kushner, the chief of staff, many within the task force on making sure that they knew what we wanted to do here in South Dakota that we had all of our health systems on board in partnering with us. This would be the first-ever state-endorsed, state-backed, statewide clinical trial available in the United States to help take care of our people here," the Republican governor added.
Noem noted that doses of the drug were already being administered to patients. She added, "We're going on offense to help every single person deal with this virus and be willing to fight it and get better and go home to their families."
The trial will include two parts. The first will allow people who are already sick from COVID-19 to take hydroxychloroquine either in an inpatient or outpatient setting to see if it works as a therapeutic and mitigates the extreme symptoms of the virus. The other trial will test those exposed to the coronavirus, including medical professionals and family members of those infected, to see if they can stop the virus before it infects vulnerable people.
Trump has been vocal about his support for trying hydroxychloroquine, which is used to treat malaria, lupus, and arthritis, on coronavirus patients. Noem noted that the science gathered from the trials could help people across the country manage the virus and stop the spread to vulnerable populations. While there has been anecdotal evidence of success with the medication treating symptoms of the coronavirus, no formal evidence has been gathered to prove the effectiveness of the medication.
South Dakota is one of the few states without a stay-at-home order. The state has relatively few cases of the coronavirus, with the exception of a major outbreak at a Smithfield Foods processing plant, which infected more than 230 workers last week more than half of the state's active COVID-19 cases.
Large Native American population in SD, who seems to be those hardest hit by the ChinaVirus (the same in Arizona)
What happened to Andrew Cuomos 1100 patients taking hydroxychloroquine?
New York & New Jersey can be the control group
Is South Dakota going to follow the Dr. Zelenko cocktail (HCQ, Zinc Sulfate, Azithromycin) and dosing protocol?
FYI - Here’s Dr. Zelenko’s out-patient treatment regimen, which costs only $12, is as follows:
1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days
2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days
3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days
For all those thinking about coming to South Dakota, be aware.
We have horrid winters.
We just got flush toilets.
Electrical grid glitchy.
Lots of manure.
Full of gun toting, bible clutching, deplorable folk.
Polka nites are fun.
In other words think twice before coming and then decide not to.
and we have no helmet laws and no concealed weapon permits needed, so it isn’t safe for you. It’s pretty awful here.
Exactly!!! Anything posted to help keep those “yearning to be free” away is welcomed. lol
I heard y’all don’t have speed limits there either? Drove through SD years ago on my way to Seattle. You have the most beautiful night sky I’ve ever seen.
“South Dakota is now on my list of states to consider relocation.” [GSWarrior, post 6]
“...South Dakota will be one of the first states bringing itself out of lockdown...” [Candor7, post 7]
Before making any commitments, consider the following:
South Dakota produced George S McGovern, Tom Daschle, Tim Johnson, and a fair number of other liberal Democrats.
South Dakota won’t be coming out of statewide lockdown because there hasn’t been any. Gov Noem has (so far) left it to the discretion of local officials.
No month is entirely free of snow. Blizzards are common. So are high winds. Military personnel assigned here after a tour in Alaska often find winters in South Dakota more trying.
Summers can be dangerously hot and dry. Daily high temperatures frequently exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit from July through mid-September. Wildland fires can occur at any time - on the High Plains or in the forests.
Good on South Dakota!
That is sad. Those populations already have it tough.
Grew up in Colorado. I love extreme weather.
Meanwhile in neighboring Minnesota, Generalissimo Governor Walz has extended his draconian measures to keep Minnesota in quarantine for another month despite having the Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota to engage in similar statewide trials.
Gov Noem is a force of nature.
She shut Cavuto down with three words in a Fox Nudes interview.
I have no doubt that South Dakota will be be of the first to open.
Why.
She has enough HCQ to treat 100,000 people. It will be employed statewide.
She really has a pistol, and her application of HCQ will show all other states how its done.
I love South Dakota. They have great warehouse sized fireworks emporiums where you can purchase just about anything. So much black powder in their huge warehouse firework stores that your eyes water when you shop there.
If you get hot or cold just stick a little fire cracker in your pocket.
Yep. Im from NW Iowa, been in and around many parts of SD for many years. Being from AK now. I can handle snow/blizzards.
Well the years of no speed limit are long gone but Interstate Limit is 80MPH. And yes the air quality is so good that clear nights staring into the heavens are spectacular.
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