Posted on 02/01/2021 12:02:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Facebook's independent Oversight Board has ruled against the social media giant's decision to remove an October 2020 post touting hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) - the antimalarial which Democrats and their media surrogates were cautiously optimistic about until former President Trump promoted it.
"In October 2020, a user posted a video and accompanying text in French in a public Facebook group related to COVID-19," explained the board on its website. "The post alleged a scandal at the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament (the French agency responsible for regulating health products), which refused to authorize hydroxychloroquine combined with azithromycin for use against COVID-19, but authorized and promoted remdesivir. The user criticized the lack of a health strategy in France and stated that “[Didier] Raoult’s cure” is being used elsewhere to save lives. The user’s post also questioned what society had to lose by allowing doctors to prescribe in an emergency a “harmless drug” when the first symptoms of COVID-19 appear."
The Oversight Board noted that the user's post did not encourage people to take HCQ without a prescription, and was instead "opposing a governmental policy and aimed to change that policy."
"The combination of medicines that the post claims constitute a cure are not available without a prescription in France and the content does not encourage people to buy or take drugs without a prescription. Considering these and other contextual factors, the Board noted that Facebook had not demonstrated the post would rise to the level of imminent harm, as required by its own rule in the Community Standards," the Board continued, adding that Facebook failed to satisfactorily explain why it removed the post, annd that their 'misinformation and imminent harm rule' is too vague - recommending that the company clarify its standards on health misinformation.
"The Board also found Facebook's misinformation and imminent harm rule, which this post is said to have violated, to be inappropriately vague and inconsistent with international human rights standards," wrote the panel. "A patchwork of policies found on different parts of Facebook's website make it difficult for users to understand what content is prohibited. Changes to Facebook's COVID-19 policies announced in the company's Newsroom have not always been reflected in its Community Standards, while some of these changes even appear to contradict them."
One can't help but wonder how many lives the left's politicization of HCQ may have cost, after several studies have concluded that when taken early into a COVID-19 infection, the antimalarial has been shown to reduce mortality.
The currently completed retrospective studies and randomized trials have generally shown these findings: 1) when started late in the hospital course and for short durations of time, antimalarials appear to be ineffective, 2) when started earlier in the hospital course, for progressively longer durations and in outpatients, antimalarials may reduce the progression of disease, prevent hospitalization, and are associated with reduced mortality. -American Journal of Medicine
Ping for your interest
BUYden got in, so, it’s no longer necessary.....................
I tested positive for COVID on January 9th, mild symptoms lasted about two weeks including aching muscles and cold like symptoms, slight fever for a few days. I’m 64 years old, in excellent health and take HCQ 200 mgs x2 day for auto immune issues and also take vitamin D.
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RE: I’m 64 years old, in excellent health and take HCQ 200 mgs x2 day for auto immune issues and also take vitamin D.
Some questions:
1) Do you attribute your recovery to HCQ?
2) Are you still taking it?
3) How did you get a prescription when it isn’t approved for anything but a clinical setting?
Does that guy have the worst haircut on the planet or what?
What a SURPRISE!!!!!!!! NOT!!!
HCQ has been approved for malaria for going on 70 years. Hundreds of millions have taken it to effectively treated malaria for decades.
I guess $$ can’t buy anything! That hair-—ewww!
1) Do you attribute your recovery to HCQ? - Yes and health.
2) Are you still taking it? - Yes.
3) How did you get a prescription when it isn’t approved for anything but a clinical setting? - I’ve taken it for over four years for auto-immune issues.
Congratulations. You are effectively immune and do not need to take any vaccine.
How many could have been saved with immediate administration of HCQ? Compare the numerous stories of those harmed by HCQ vs those harmed by the mRNA vaccine. Oh, wait, there were no stories about those killed by HCQ that I recall except the lady who poisoned her husband.
How many did the media kill then and tomorrow with their kneejerk reaction towards Trump?
It is a fair question. The NIH, CDC, and our health bureaucrats toed the media line on HCQ too. How many did they kill?
If the failure to wear a mask today can kill others, how many died when we did not wear masks because the “experts” said they did not work?
I have spent hours researching the HCQ and the best information comes from other countries that have used HCQ as the preferred treatment.
While it is no guarantee I am convinced of two things..... it is very likely to help you mitigate the illness and it is very unlikely to harm you.
Fancy that!
I’m happy to hear that and wondered about my immunity. I’m not really excited about taking the vaccine.
Amazing timing, of course it is a mere coincidence.
Facebook is very evil.
How can he possibly know that?!
I assume that this was the first and only time that he had Covid-19 - so what control, what comparison does he have?
It's fine to speculate - but that is all that anecdotal evidence is: speculation. (Unless backed up by serial lab tests.)
Regards,
The faux masters of the universe have blood on their hands
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