Trump Touts Anti-Malaria Drug To Treat COVID-19

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

5 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   Why wouldn't I post it? This is what happens when people start doing stupid s....

He did not take the drug(s) that are showing promise.  He took fish aquarium cleaner.  Might as well have posted the link about the guy who swallowed Drano to tame his ulcer.

 

You could have at least prefaced the post... lol

Edited March 24, 2020 by Voice of Reason

[Steeleballz 7,550]

8 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

He did not take the drug(s) that are showing promise.  He took fish aquarium cleaner.  Might as well have posted the link about the guy who swallowed Drano to tame his ulcer.

 

You could have at least prefaced the post... lol

 

  I posted an article and link per the TOS. There isn't really anything to preface. Chloroquine phosphate is an antimalarial drug. One that is easily toxic when you try to take it at home in unknown amounts.

 

  If you "tout" an antimalarial drug, as the topic title says, panicked people may end up doing stupid things with that information, including poisoning themselves.

Edited March 24, 2020 by Steeleballz

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 minute ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  I posted an article and link per the TOS. There isn't really anything to preface. Chloroquine phosphate is an antimalarial drug. One that is easily toxic when you try to take it at home in unknown amounts.

Kind of, sort of.  Except getting it from a pharmacy and not from a bottle of cleaner may have had different effects, eh?  Also, the article is misleading (not your fault, but I KNOW that you know the difference very well, unlike some of our vapid posters) that what he took WAS NOT what Trump touted.

 

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A man died after ingesting an additive used to clean fish tanks — the pharmaceutical drug version of which has been touted by President Trump as a potential coronavirus cure.

Within 30 minutes of taking chloroquine phosphate, the man in his 60s experienced “immediate effects” and had to be admitted to a nearby Banner Health hospital, the medical system in Arizona said in a press release Monday.

 

vs. 

 

hydroxychloroquine or other prescription antimalarials.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 minute ago, Voice of Reason said:

Kind of, sort of.  Except getting it from a pharmacy and not from a bottle of cleaner may have had different effects, eh?  Also, the article is misleading (not your fault, but I KNOW that you know the difference very well, unlike some of our vapid posters) that what he took WAS NOT what Trump touted.

 

 

vs. 

 

hydroxychloroquine or other prescription antimalarials.

 

   You actually started a topic linking to an article titled "Trump touts anti-malaria drug to treat COVID-19". I don't see "hydroxychloroquine" in the title of many of these articles. So people are getting confused and panicked and doing stupid things. It is worth pointing that out before the next person does it.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

There's no confusion on what Trump touted, regardless of "titles" from articles. He cited that drug by name.

 

The idea that this is causing panic and confusion is just fud.

Edited March 24, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

22 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   You actually started a topic linking to an article titled "Trump touts anti-malaria drug to treat COVID-19". I don't see "hydroxychloroquine" in the title of many of these articles. So people are getting confused and panicked and doing stupid things. It is worth pointing that out before the next person does it.

Buddy, I like hashing things out with you, I know you mean well and are a smart guy, but there is more to an article than the headline, since the media is usually hyping SOMETHING up, regardless of the slant.

 

From a link in the OP:

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However, treatment with lopinavir 400 mg; ritonavir 100 mg (2 tablets by mouth twice daily) or chloroquine (500 mg by mouth twice daily) should be considered for use in older patients or patients with under underlying conditions and serious symptoms. If chloroquine is unavailable, they recommend considering use of hydroxychloroquine (400 mg by mouth once daily). Use of ribavirin and interferon were not recommended as first-line treatments because of the risk for side effects; however, use of these medications may be considered if treatment with lopinavir; ritonavir, chloroquine, or hydroxychloroquine are ineffective.

Never once, ever, have I seen that Trump, or anyone else, has suggested using aquarium cleaner, drinking chlorine bleach, Drano, or anything like what that idiot in your story did.  At the risk of coming across harshly, he did what he did, and got his Darwin Award.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

10 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Buddy, I like hashing things out with you, I know you mean well and are a smart guy, but there is more to an article than the headline, since the media is usually hyping SOMETHING up, regardless of the slant.

 

From a link in the OP:

Never once, ever, have I seen that Trump, or anyone else, has suggested using aquarium cleaner, drinking chlorine bleach, Drano, or anything like what that idiot in your story did.  At the risk of coming across harshly, he did what he did, and got his Darwin Award.

 

  I think you are getting too hypersensitive with your constant need to defend anything that has a reference to Trump doing anything. 

 

  I'm saying people are doing stupid things because they are seeing headlines about anti-malaria drugs being a cure for Coronavirus. I didn't say that is Trumps fault.

[90DayFinancier 910]

23 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Buddy, I like hashing things out with you, I know you mean well and are a smart guy, but there is more to an article than the headline, since the media is usually hyping SOMETHING up, regardless of the slant.

 

From a link in the OP:

Never once, ever, have I seen that Trump, or anyone else, has suggested using aquarium cleaner, drinking chlorine bleach, Drano, or anything like what that idiot in your story did.  At the risk of coming across harshly, he did what he did, and got his Darwin Award.

Again, if you want to get in deep doodoo, take advice from Dyler Turden

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Just now, Steeleballz said:

 

  I think you are getting too hypersensitive with your constant need to defend anything that has a reference to Trump doing anything. 

 

  I'm saying people are doing stupid things because they are seeing headlines about anti-malaria drugs being a cure for Coronavirus. I didn't say that is Trumps fault.

Tell you what, stop giving me ####### for posting "alternative causative theories", and you can say whatever you want about Trump.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Just now, 90DayFinancier said:

Again, if you want to get in deep doodoo, take advice from Dyler Turden

Not sure what you are going on about?  I was talking to SB, not you.  Nor do I know who your buddy Dyler Turden is.

[90DayFinancier 910]

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Not sure what you are going on about?  I was talking to SB, not you.  Nor do I know who your buddy Dyler Turden is.

The author of the original post, you posted this #######. 

 

Sorry didn't realize this was a private chat.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

13 minutes ago, 90DayFinancier said:

The author of the original post, you posted this #######. 

Ahhh, I get you now.  But see, I don't just look at a link, see the author, and summarily dismiss it.  I actually read it, then make my own judgment based on my personal beliefs bounced off the written words.  

[90DayFinancier 910]

3 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Ahhh, I get you now.  But see, I don't just look at a link, see the author, and summarily dismiss it.  I actually read it, then make my own judgment based on my personal beliefs bounced off the written words.  

Did that days ago, discarded as junk, the man is a RT propaganda front.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

59 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Tell you what, stop giving me ####### for posting "alternative causative theories", and you can say whatever you want about Trump.

 

  I didn't say anything about Trump. This is your thread. 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

16 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  I didn't say anything about Trump. This is your thread. 

I can see you're into the suds a bit already, and I am sure it is well deserved, as I am sure your days are stressful lately.  Let's just give it a rest for tonight and talk about something else until tomorrow, eh?