Posted on 05/24/2020 9:31:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There is an alternate universe of Covid-19 misinformation masquerading as science, which with the encouragement of Donald Trump, is proliferating among his supporters.
Among the most ardent proponents of these claims is the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a fringe group of less than 5,000 doctors. The group was recently cited by Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, to explain the president’s stunning announcement that he is taking the drug hydroxychloroquine in an attempt to protect himself against Covid-19 despite a lack of evidence of its effectiveness.
When asked what evidence guided the president’s decision-making, Trump said: “Are you ready? Here’s my evidence: I get a lot of positive calls about it.”
Since hydroxychloroquine was approved on an emergency basis by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), studies have shown mixed results, and the dangers of potentially life-threatening side-effects for patients.
Yet Dr Jane Orient, executive director of AAPS, told the Guardian she believed the drug “should be prescribed more often”, and in a statement based on a flawed database claimed the drug offered “about 90% chance of helping Covid-19 patients”.
“I’ve talk to a lot of doctors who are prescribing it [in the US], they are not reporting any problems, their patients have done very well,” she said. She did not say how many doctors she knew were prescribing it, and declined to answer whether she herself was prescribing it.
“I don’t want to have a target put on my back … which could result in somebody wanting to scrutinize my entire practice,” Orient said.
At first glance, the AAPS has the imprimatur of science. Its members rank among America’s most trusted professionals, and yet it has a track record unlike any other professional medical association.
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“They’re aligned with the Trump administration, that doesn’t believe in science, doesn’t believe in fact. They’re completely compatible with the Trump White House.”
This group is lobbying on behalf of what they believe to be right, but invariably experts would disagree on their stance on hydroxychloroquine
The group has questioned whether HIV causes Aids (it does), argued abortion causes breast cancer (it does not), linked vaccines to autism (repeatedly debunked), and even alleged former president Barack Obama used hypnosis techniques to trick voters, especially Jewish people, into supporting him (no).
“The name does not determine the quality of the group,” said John Ayers, a professor of infectious disease and global public health who studies misinformation at the University of California San Diego. “This group is lobbying on behalf of what they believe to be right, but invariably experts would disagree on their stance on hydroxychloroquine and other topics and issues,” said Ayers.
Then just let liberals take placebos, and tell them everything will be ok.
The Guardian and MSN?
RE: The Guardian and MSN?
MSN has been given permission by many news outlets to reproduce their articles.
Bias much?
Tell ‘em that pot smoking cures the CCP-Coronavirus. They’ll love that!
The Guardian makes the NYT look absolutely ‘John Birch’!
How much money did John Ayers receive from China? How much stock does he own in Gilead Sciences, maker of Resivir? What makes him the scientist, and not the very distinguished members of the AAPS? Who does he speak for? He should forgo his salary for the next two years to prove his dedication to the California Lockdown and forfeit his Constitutional rights. There is a massive attempt to discredit HCQ by parties that have a vested interest in seeing it fail.
“and declined to answer whether she herself was prescribing it.”
Prog oppression. We need to throw it right back in their face... tied to a brick.
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Where are the words “and Zinc”, professor Ayers???????
It always boggles my mind when lefties start spewing about others they deem as not believing in science. This from insane people who deny that a baby is a baby from conception; that there on only 2 genders; that climate is being affected by humans; that homosexuality is normal; etc etc
“a fringe group of less than 5,000 doctors”
Seriously, do these nuts even proofread what they are writing???
Well this proves it, the drug works! Want proof?
The Press HATE Trump and want him gone or dead or both. So if the drug did not work the Press would be writing about how safe Trump was from Covid-19 by using the drug. They would write Trump should get out to meet his public. Hoping and praying that Trump got Covid-19. But since Trump is taking the drugs, the Press know the infection will no happen. So what does the Press do? Write about the 'lack of evidence of its effectiveness' to scare others from using the drug.
A HCQ-based protocol is the main CV treatment in Turkey, and their graphs look way better than ours. I don’t know what the main treatments are in Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, and Israel, but their graphs are also way better than ours.
All the “failed tests” are on people with pre-existing conditions who are already desperately ill and they omit the zinc.
I would be quite happy telling a Guardian reporter than when I hear an “expert” tell me anything, my inclination is to believe the opposite.
Did it occur to them that in addition to the political angle, there’s likely to be a financial angle with these experts? Big Pharma doesn’t want people realizing that a lot of their illnesses can be cured with such simple (and cheap!) remedies as aspirin, orange juice, zinc, and now quinine water.
Bahahahahahahahahahaha!
The lefty One World Socialists are doubling down.The left have no science to say that HCQ plus zinc and Zpac does NOT work if given early to the diseased patient. So they are limited to saying its dangerous, It is NOT dangerous.
These are two doctors who use HCQ as both treatment and prophylaxis , interviewed by Laura Ingraham on the Ingraham Angle.
The truth could not be any more clear:
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May. 19, 2020 - 8:16 - Dr. Ramin Oskoui, cardiologist and CEO of Foxhall Cardiology, and Dr. Ivette Lozano, owner of Lozano Medical Clinic in Texas, on how the left corrupted medical institutions.
( starts at 1:17 )
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6157584692001?playlist_id=5622526903001#sp=show-clips
I was pointing out the “credibility” of your chosen source article. CNN must not have discovered this “news”.
RE: Seriously, do these nuts even proofread what they are writing???
Well, the AAPS has about 5,000 members. The USA has, I think, over 950,000 physicians.
ITs a fringe group because he AMA is considered the gold standard for medicine. Of course, the AMA is totally liberal and the mouthpiece of what the left wants - so there is always that.
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