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I am confident that the doctors reporting good results with hydroxychloroquine, zinc and the antibiotic are legitimate doctors. The studies which panned the drug usually had limitations in that they did not use the full treatment course that was shown to be effective or they tried to compare results from groups that were on the verge of death to a healthy group of asymptomatic carriers. Whether the drug is effective or not will be judged by history but it is interesting that everything is tainted by ideology these days.
The question isn't whether these doctors reporting good results are legitimate doctors, but whether or not they (for example) are donating to Trump's reelection campaign. Because if you are going to research every author to see if they have any left-wing ties or not, and not bother reading them if they do, you should definitely research doctors to see if they have right-wing ties or not and not read their conclusions if they do and their conclusions are something Trump desperately wants to be true.
I do agree with you that ideology is taking over everything and that that is a bad thing.
I crunched a few numbers this morning to answer the question:
"what are the recent trends, red versus blue states?"
given that Trump has a rally scheduled for tomorrow in Tulsa Oklahoma.
In the last 6 days (% increase in reported cases) the top 7 states:
All red
Alabama 19%
Arkansas 21%
Oklahoma 19%
South Carolina 25%
Texas 20%
Arizona 32%
Florida 21%
The question isn't whether these doctors reporting good results are legitimate doctors, but whether or not they (for example) are donating to Trump's reelection campaign. Because if you are going to research every author to see if they have any left-wing ties or not, and not bother reading them if they do, you should definitely research doctors to see if they have right-wing ties or not and not read their conclusions if they do and their conclusions are something Trump desperately wants to be true.
I do agree with you that ideology is taking over everything and that that is a bad thing.
Most of the initial studies were in Europe where they are unlikely to be donating to Trump's campaign. This was long before Trump weighed in on the drug.
I don't know enough about Zelenko to say much about him. He is a doctor who has made assertions that the main stream media doesn't like. He is not a research scientist. He did not do a double blind study. Ultimately he will be judged based on the results he got for his patients.
There is a story in the failing NY times. The people who brought you the Russian witch hunt are still hard at work.
For the past couple of weeks Ontario's trouble spots have been large farms that house 8,000 mostly Mexican workers. Three have died. Most farmers and workers haven't come out for voluntary testing. Are they afraid of being put into two-week quarantine? What's the solution? Lets the crops rot? Mandatory testing, farm to farm? Mexico has ceased sending more workers. Send unemployed people from the cities? Premier Ford was very upset yesterday. How can people in nearby urban areas like Windsor put pressure on these hot spots?
For the past couple of weeks Ontario's trouble spots have been large farms that house 8,000 mostly Mexican workers. Three have died. Most farmers and workers haven't come out for voluntary testing. Are they afraid of being put into two-week quarantine? What's the solution? Lets the crops rot? Mandatory testing, farm to farm? Mexico has ceased sending more workers. Send unemployed people from the cities? Premier Ford was very upset yesterday. How can people in nearby urban areas like Windsor put pressure on these hot spots?
Sending workers to an infected operation would be insane. In this case, the workers should be able to sue the farmers for their negligence. Other businesses should be able to sue the farm operations for their business losses. The reason why they need the foreign workers (most of whom caught the virus here in Canada) is because they are less likely to insist on workplace safety protocols like Canadians would. They have been treated disgracefully by these employers.
Both US and Brazil have 40,000+ new cases in one day, half of the world's new cases.
Texas and Floridas numbers have surged dramatically and bars are being closed down.
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