Dang... any of you remember Cedric Ceballos from the Phoenix Suns a while back? He's battling it in ICU now. Good luck, dude.
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So talking about what his doctors prescribed him....which worked extremely well btw, is "pretending to be a doctor" in your expert opinion? Interesting.
u don't know that; all ur doing is parroting what the quack had claimed, w no details; the quack is not a physician, has no standing when making medical claim. if such a team of doctors exist, they can speak for themself, not that quack pretending to be a physician if such a team of doctors exist, he could have cleared it all up, easily, by inviting them to his show, detailing their treatment plan for the the shock jock the fact that he didn't have his supposed team of doctors on his show to discuss the treatment plan suggests that he was making a baseless medical claim, for which he is not qualified
Yes, I do know it, several of the drugs he took are prescription only, so they had to have been ordered by a doctor....which is exactly what he said. It's not like he could just buy monoclonal antibodies because he felt like it. On top of that, I know first hand the popular drugs being prescribed to fight COVID-19 symptoms since the very start of this whole thing.
He did have the doctor on his show. He says it in the first few minutes. He says his organization. https://covid19criticalcare.com/about/the-flccc-physicians/ I’m sure you will read their bios and CVs carefully. Are you opposed to all the treatments he took? None of them are radical and all are low risk/no risk. Some have higher efficacy and more proof than others. That said the vaccines are very likely more effective and certainly more practical than this multiple therapeutic post infection approach.
I gave you the reference and I asked you if you were opposed to all the treatments. Did you read thru the bios of the physicians with that group? Do you feel they are quacks? Are you a physician? If you aren't then with your logic you would have no standing to make any judgements for or against the treatments used.
I can tell you of my experience helping a relative receive the monoclonal antibody treatment. This was back in Feb when it wasn't so popular but there were also limited supplies. We immediately contacted his dr given his age and overall health (at risk) once he tested positive for Covid. Dr placed the order the same day with the provider (local hospital). The local hospital called back requesting info plus proof of covid positive and scheduled an appt for 5 days later. Since the earlier you can get the treatment, the better, we called every single local provider of IV infusion and some have no idea what we were asking for while many did but weren't able to schedule it any earlier. Given that it's deemed not helpful 10 days after infection, we were still in the good window but were frustrated it took so long for an appt. Fortunately, his symptoms didn't elevate (he already was 9 days past his first shot so I think that help greatly). The treatment itself was for 50min in a negative pressure room. My understanding is it cost the gov $15k (his coshare would have been 20% of that if it was not fully covered by the gov). In summary, needs a Dr prescription and it took days to get an IV infusion of the medicine back in Feb. Could be different now. I'm guessing it's probably still hard to get monoclonal antibody treatment. It is not without potential bad side effects (it's also still under EUA). ps. I hate the attention on Joe Rogan's case with covid. He and those like him are outliers with instant access to treatments. Most people face great hurdles to get treatments, from waiting for days to get treatments to waiting at the ER when it's critical. The best common people can do is simple - preventative medicine and that's vaccination.
Agreed, his experience shouldn't be seen as the norm, he's going to have better access to better care and treatments due to his fame and wealth...and at only 54 the case fatality rate is under 1% for his age demographic. I just objected to the ignorant poster who was trying to claim that the superior care Rogan received as a result of his wealth and fame was "quackery". That's just stupid.
Thanks for sharing! I hope your relative is ok. Did your relative feel like this treatment was especially helpful? How long after receiving the treatment did they see an improvement? PS - I agree with you on the Rogan thing. I can't believe people care this much about it; he is 1 of the 40.6 million people who had covid in USA. He was prescribed treatments by a doctor and is doing better. Great, neat, whatever.
i m not a physician, thus, i have no standing on this medical issue my criticism has been directed at the quack, Joe Rogan, who is not a doctor
I don't know. My guess is it likely helps but that the vaccine was more impactful based on the results I saw among the 3 family members that went through covid at the same time and their choice of different treatments + vaccination status. Without the treatment, he probably would take a few more days to recover... given his age and health, it was not a gamble we weren't willing to take.
People are giving Rogan so much attention on this because he had a unique position of influence to impact vaccination rates. It's likely his audience has a high percentage of vaccine resisters and he has a lot of very avid followers. Had he 1. gotten vaccinated and publicly promoted it or 2. admitted it was a mistake to not get vaccinated after he got COVID, it could have made a significant impact. Instead, his muddled messaging around vaccination and ivermectin is a wasted opportunity. Now, it's too late.
That's fine if you feel that way. I showed you the group of doctors that have promoted and adjusted this therapeutic approach. They have worked on this I-MASK+ approach since nearly the beginning of covid. I'm trying to tell you to direct your criticism at them. Joe Rogan did not develop this protocol. https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-...LCCC-Alliance-I-MASKplus-Protocol-ENGLISH.pdf
