Logic is not your friend, but maybe that explains why you idolize Trump. He loves denying logic, doctors, and experts. After all, in his mind nobody is as smart as him.
Dude, I'm not going to argue with you. You disagree with me and that's your choice. No use going back and forth, because it's a waste of time.
b**** slapped again... FDA ends emergency use of hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus The Food and Drug Administration on Monday withdrew emergency use authorizations for two coronavirus treatments that President Donald Trump promoted despite concerns about their safety and effectiveness. The agency revoked the authorizations for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine after a request from Gary Disbrow, acting director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. After reviewing new information from large clinical trials the agency now believes that the suggested dosing regimens "are unlikely to produce an antiviral effect," FDA chief scientist Denise Hinton said in a letter announcing the decision. Critics have accused the agency of caving to political pressure when it authorized use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in hospitalized Covid-19 patients in late March despite thin evidence. More recent randomized controlled trials have found the drugs do not benefit coronavirus patients, and doctors have reported that hydroxychloroquine can cause heart problems. Because hydroxychloroquine is approved for other uses — treating lupus and arthritis — doctors could still use it "off label" to treat coronavirus patients, and clinical trials examining their use against Covid-19 can continue. The FDA noted that the version of chloroquine that had been authorized for emergency use is not approved in the U.S. so all use of that drug, donated by Bayer, will now end. The administration’s focus on the malaria medicines in the early months of the pandemic deepened a divide between the White House and its health agencies. Several administration officials told POLITICO they felt the drugs got outsized attention while FDA scrambled for solutions in March. Other current and former Health and Human Services officials later said that the emergency authorities and White House demands cast a shadow on FDA as it struggled to remain independent. Rick Bright, the former BARDA director whom Disbrow replaced, has accused health officials of removing him from his role overseeing millions of dollars to develop treatments and vaccines because he raised health concerns about hydroxychloroquine and resisted its widespread use. Drugmakers donated millions of the pill to the government’s strategic national stockpile after Bright wrote to the FDA requesting for emergency use, a move he now says he was pressured to make. In April, roughly a month after the FDA authorized emergency use of the drugs, the agency warned against using hydroxychloroquine outside of hospitals and clinical trials because of potentially fatal cardiac side effects. Trump toned down on mentions of the pills during his White House briefings around the same time, but in May told reporters he was taking a course of hydroxychloroquine after a White House aide was diagnosed with the coronavirus. This month two randomized controlled trials, considered the gold standard for determining whether a drug is effective, concluded that the drug does not prevent coronavirus infection and did not help hospitalized patients. Another study based on tens of thousands of patient records linked hydroxychloroquine to a higher risk of heart problems, but it was withdrawn after questions arose about the quality of the data it used. Doctors have anecdotally reported that the pills, especially when paired with antibiotic azithromycin, can cause heart problems like arrhythmia. Though drugmakers have donated millions of pills to federal and state governments, it is not clear how many have even been used. Florida, for instance, is sitting on more than 980,000 unused doses from an April donation after just six hospitals put in requests for the drug. Senate Democrats grilled FDA officials on the emergency use authorization during a Finance Committee hearing this month. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) later wrote to Commissioner Stephen Hahn demanding answers on the decision and reasons why it had not been revoked.
Man you gotta love his response to some questions..... Every time he answers a question it's a "Get Your Popcorn Ready" thing...... T_Man
How stupid can this man be? He really opened his mouth and said that... I had completely forgotten that he was taking hydroxychloroquine just a few weeks ago...he does so many incredibly stupid things that it’s hard to keep track of
Pence Tells Governors to Repeat Misleading Claim on Outbreaks Vice President Mike Pence encouraged governors on Monday to adopt the administration’s claim that increased testing helps account for the new coronavirus outbreak reports, even though evidence has shown that the explanation is misleading. On a call with the governors, audio of which was obtained by The New York Times, Mr. Pence urged them “to continue to explain to your citizens the magnitude of the increase in testing” in addressing the new outbreaks. And he asked them to “encourage people with the news that we’re safely reopening the country.” In fact, seven-day averages in several states with outbreaks have increased since May 31, and in at least 14 states, the positive case rate is increasing faster than the increase in the average number of tests, according to an analysis of data collected by The New York Times. The vice president played down the overall size of the outbreaks, stressing that some states were seeing what he called “intermittent” spikes of the virus. And he was dismissive of the idea that community spread is a culprit, focusing instead on specific outbreak locations, like nursing homes. In fact, as cases rise, officials in several states have specifically pointed a finger at community spread. “The president often talks about embers,” Mr. Pence said, adding that “despite a mass increase in testing, we are still averaging roughly 20,000 cases a day, which is significantly down from six weeks ago.” Mr. Pence then instructed Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of Health and Human Services, to address the problem in a “constructive” way. Mr. Azar said that localized outbreaks at meat packing plants and nursing homes would be a continuing focus. Dr. Deborah L. Birx, who is coordinating the administration’s response, said that hospitalization rates for coronavirus infections had generally been declining across the United States, though some states had seen an uptick. She said that areas of the country where protests have occurred not yet seen a rise in cases, though she said coronavirus data had begun to show “early upticks” in Minneapolis. Mike Pence Lies About Oklahoma’s COVID-19 Numbers Ahead of Trump Rally During a White House roundtable meeting called “Fighting for America’s Seniors” on Monday afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence blatantly lied to reporters about the trajectory of COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma, where President Trump is scheduled to hold a large campaign rally on Saturday. “In a very real sense, they’ve flattened the curve,” Pence claimed of that state. “And today their hospital capacity is abundant, the number of cases in Oklahoma has declined precipitously and we feel very confident going forward with the rally this coming weekend.” In fact, Oklahoma reported 225 new cases of COVID-19 this past Saturday, its highest one-day total since the pandemic began. On Sunday, Tulsa County reported 89 new cases, the largest single-day increase since the state had its first case on March 6th.
File this away in the department of concerns we should have with the Administration colluding with Republican state officials that could be a red flag for November in certifying state elections.
trump flat out lying about his predecessor. Unfortunately for trump, there are tweets from the past to show he is now lying... Ferguson protest leaders to meet with President Obama at the White House Monday Dec. 1, 2014 at 11:14 a.m. CST https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...th-president-obama-at-the-white-house-monday/
Important note... the families that met with trump in private just before he signed the EO brought up the Qualified Immunity" doctrine that trump's admin ended...
