Posted on 03/29/2020 5:36:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has come under criticism for a statewide order cracking down on prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine, a drug touted by President Trump to treat the novel coronavirus.
The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs issued an order Wednesday warning physicians against writing prescriptions “without a legitimate medical purpose” and instructing pharmacists to evaluate the “legitimacy” of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine prescriptions.
The department cited concerns about stockpiling amid “multiple allegations” of doctors writing prescriptions for family and friends, adding that reports of such conduct “may be further investigated for administrative action” and that other health professionals are required to report “inappropriate prescribing practices.”
Michigan isn’t the first state to restrict the use of the drug — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak issued an emergency order last week over concerns about “bad actors” creating a shortage — but the moves have fueled allegations on the right that Democrats and media outlets are seeking to play politics with the drug.
Kathy Hoekstra, who previously worked for Republican businessman Herman Cain, accused Ms. Whitmer of putting patients at risk with her administration’s “knee-jerk scare tactics.”
“[I]f you live in Michigan, and you or a loved one is infected with this potentially lethal disease, you’re out of luck,” said Kathy Hoekstra, who has written for conservative, in a Thursday op-ed for the Detroit News. “Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs literally threatened all doctors and pharmacists in the state who prescribe or dispense hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.”
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— Donald Trump
But this can’t be. I thought Trump was the fascist dictator?
She will go down in history as Half-Whitmer
Could Whitmer and the Gov. of Nevada be held labial if virus victims die who may have been saved by the treatment?
Governor Whittmer can be thusly held, but not Sisolak of Nevada.
Another wretched Gretchen.
Didn’t Trump refer to her as Gov. Half Whitmer the other day?
Yes he did! Half-Whitmer! LOL
Why not Sisolak?
Or Fraulein Col. Whitmer
I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I read elsewhere she worked for Soros before being elected.
The prior poster said labial as in labia. The poster mean the say liable
Labial, labia, Whitmer is a female, the Nevada got is a male. Therefore.....
The prior poster said labial as in labia. The poster meant to say liable
Labial, labia, Whitmer is a female, the Nevada Gov. is a male. Therefore.....
Correcting my own typos
The big-boobed psycho-skank wants to pull a Blanco on Trump, liike what Blanco did to George W. Bush during Katrina.
Sorry for being so callus, but why is this a surprise? These people kill babies, and demand that during a pandemic, the butcher assembly line continues! You think that if they are willing to kill the most innocent of us like King Harrod on a bender, that anyone else’s life has value? They are the new Nazi party in everyway but one, they haven’t started building ovens....yet.
What really is disturbing. . . people actually voted for this person.
..............They haven’t started building ovens yet.........
OMG don’t give them any ideas!!!
“The department cited concerns about stockpiling amid “multiple allegations” of doctors writing prescriptions for family and friends, adding that reports of such conduct “may be further investigated for administrative action” and that other health professionals are required to report “inappropriate prescribing practices.” “
that’s a crock of shit ... HalfWit’s order SPECIFICALLY forbids prescribing these drugs for COVID-19 because they are not “proven”:
“Prescribing hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine without further proof of efficacy for treating COVID-19 or with the intent to stockpile the drug may create a shortage for patients with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or other ailments for which chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are proven
treatments. Reports of this conduct will be evaluated and may be further investigated for administrative action. Prescribing any kind of prescription must also be associated with medical documentation showing proof of the medical necessity and medical condition for which the patient is being treated. Again, these are drugs that have not been proven scientifically or medically to treat COVID-19.”
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