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The Thriller said:
This doesn’t seem like a very good way of distributing the federal stockpile. But maybe it’s just me.
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It's absolutely inexcusable. This is why Cuomo said it was like being on eBay, competing against other states. Just an incredible failing by the Trump administration. Profit for private companies comes before American lives. We must never forget what this monster has done.
 
Under trump, we are now so weak as a country that China is producing the medical supplies to bail our asses out and profiting handsomely in doing so. We knew this crapstorm was coming and did nothing until the market tanked, at which time it was too late.

We used to lead the world when other countries had disasters. Under impotent trump, we sit here with no leadership fumbling around as Americans die. Not even leading from behind, we are at the mercy of our adversary. Good thing IMPOTUS45 restored our manufacturing industry.
 
LOL .. now Dr. John Torres who's been telling people on NBC's nightly news for the past 3 weeks they don't need masks has been asked to explain on TV why the CDC is now advising people to wear them.

He might as well have also said sorry to the thousands now infected and dead due to his initial 'expert advice'.
 
ONE LOVE said:
LOL .. now Dr. John Torres who's been telling people on NBC's nightly news for the past 3 weeks they don't need masks has been asked to explain on TV why the CDC is now advising people to wear them.

He might as well have also said sorry to the thousands now infected and dead due to his initial 'expert advice'.
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dude have you got actual evidence of the efficacy of masks in transmitting this thing ?? So many different reports. Here we're still being told not to bother.
 
Douchebag K said:
dude have you got actual evidence of the efficacy of masks in transmitting this thing ?? So many different reports. Here we're still being told not to bother.
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WHO is changing their advice this week and so are the CDC, just look it up it's all online.

The short version is they had all initially said only wear one if you're infected (partly due to the shortage of masks), but the problem with that is it can take up to 5-14 days for people who are infected to show symptoms and some don't show any symptoms at all - so then these people could be spreading the virus without knowing. Hence it's best to just wear them regardless (at least a cloth one), at least it helps to stop spreading the droplets to those around you when you're talking of coughing.

Also there's evidence coming out now that shows that droplets can travel up to 6 meters from a sneeze/cough, meaning just keeping the 2m distance alone isn't going stop it from spreading.
 
Douchebag K said:
dude have you got actual evidence of the efficacy of masks in transmitting this thing ?? So many different reports. Here we're still being told not to bother.
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Masks for non medical workers can actually be a source of cross contamination. Additionally supplying masks that are in short supply in public hospitals to the general public makes no sense. The **** that is going on at my work over the issuing of PPE and shortages is insane already and the **** hasn't even hit the fan. Stay home and socially isolate yourselves you *****.
 
Rubashov said:
Masks for non medical workers can actually be a source of cross contamination. Additionally supplying masks that are in short supply in public hospitals to the general public makes no sense. The **** that is going on at my work over the issuing of PPE and shortages is insane already and the **** hasn't even hit the fan. Stay home and socially isolate yourselves you *****.
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that’s ****ed ... the shortages.
 
There's a good amount of evidence piling up that Hydroxychloroquine and zpack works to mitigate the virus. Studies in China, France and the US all seeing similar results. Patients who are already taking Hydroxychloroquine for other ailments like lupus aren't catching COVID.

This should be being used more than it is. Our doctors should seriously be considering recommending it to healthy patients who aren't at risk taking it.

It's very likely not a cure. But common sense is telling us it works on some level. We don't have time to go through all the studies and trials and FDA red tape before using it. The time to try to save lives is now.
 
Yeah here's the article:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

Medical authorities in China have said a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appeared to be effective in coronavirus patients, Japanese media said on Wednesday.

Zhang Xinmin, an official at China’s science and technology ministry, said favipiravir, developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm, had produced encouraging outcomes in clinical trials in Wuhan and Shenzhen involving 340 patients.

“It has a high degree of safety and is clearly effective in treatment,” Zhang told reporters on Tuesday.

Patients who were given the medicine in Shenzhen turned negative for the virus after a median of four days after becoming positive, compared with a median of 11 days for those who were not treated with the drug, public broadcaster NHK said.

In addition, X-rays confirmed improvements in lung condition in about 91% of the patients who were treated with favipiravir, compared to 62% or those without the drug.
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SCS said:
There's a good amount of evidence piling up that Hydroxychloroquine and zpack works to mitigate the virus. Studies in China, France and the US all seeing similar results. Patients who are already taking Hydroxychloroquine for other ailments like lupus aren't catching COVID.
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Every sentence in that paragraph is false.
 
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