Trump And The Tablets.

[needawin]

Trump is taking tablets that his doctors advise could cause heart attack and even death if he becomes infected with the virus.
All I can say to Donald is, "Keep taking the tablets man".

[emmie]

no, i wouldn't wish that on him, for all the bad things he has done. You watch him be re elected come November...

[douglas9401]

Shrugs and moves on to other news.

The man's a cretin and would only be missed by his entourage of mediocrity and ineptitude.

[anneasquith]

Hairspray manufacturers would miss him :+)

[Sqad]

Let me be quite clear from the outset that I disagree with the President of the USA in his taking of the drug hydroxychloroquin.
He would argue that for this devastating disease,there is no drug treatment and certainly no tested vaccine on the horizon,so what has he got to lose.
Side effects are as long and scary to make one wary,but if one looks at the enclosed literature about any drug,they can be just as daunting.
Anecdotal evidence has been the basis of a multi million
pound industry of many such treatments advocated by many quite commonly on AB.
I respect but do not accept the reasoning of President Trump.

[naomi24]

Needawin, that's a truly nasty OP - reminiscent of the disgusting creature that is Miriam Margolyes wishing Boris dead.

I've posted this elsewhere this morning.

//Coronavirus patients in at least two NHS hospitals are being treated with an anti-malaria drug controversially touted by Donald Trump, in what is the fastest growing trial in UK medical history.

Since late March, Hydroxychloroquine has been given to patients of London’s Barts Health NHS Trust and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E), among others.

It is one of a number of drugs being tested in the UK’s Randomised Evaluation of Covid-19 Therapy (Recovery) trial – the world’s largest randomised clinical trial of potential coronavirus treatments.//

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-nhs-donald-trump-malaria-drug-hydroxychloroquine-trials-barts-royal-devon-a9461671.html

[Zacs-Master]

‘ It is one of a number of drugs being tested in the UK’s Randomised Evaluation of Covid-19 Therapy (Recovery) trial‘ are you sure about that, N? I thought they were trialing remdesivir, which is similar to hydroxawhatsit but not the same.

[gness]

I recall Miriam Margolyes saying she wished Boris to recover with one side effect...but then I listened to all she said and didn't just pick the bit to suit.
When I read of Trump taking the pills my first thought was the same as Needawin's.

[aelmpvw]

donald's probably getting the tablets down with a swig of dettol

[naomi24]

Zacs, read the report. //Since late March, Hydroxychloroquine has been given to patients of London’s Barts Health NHS Trust and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E), among others.//

Gness. I watched the whole thing too. The only reason she changed her mind is because wishing him to die would reflect badly on her - and quite rightly, it did.

[Zacs-Master]

That’s a quote from the independent article, N, not the report. I’m not sure they’re correct.

[THECORBYLOON]

Both drugs are included in the trial

https://www.hra.nhs.uk/covid-19-research/approved-covid-19-research/281712/

[naomi24]

Are you not? Okay.

[Zacs-Master]

No, I said so.

[naomi24]

Oh, there^ you are, zacs.

[naomi24]

^Re: Corby at 11.39.

[bhg481]

The fact that a drug will help cure you from an illness does not necessarily mean that it will prevent you from getting the problem in the first place.
I would be happy to take a drug that might cure me from a deadly disease regardless of the side-effects. Taking such a drug "just in case" would not be in my world model.

[Spicerack]

Normally sane ABers quite lose their heads where Donald is concerned.
Shows the power of media campaigns, I suppose.

[NickorWan]

I agree, Spicerack, their defence of him at times is as embarrassing as his words.

[Spicerack]

I'm given to believe that it might boost the immune system, bhg.
Why not wait for some of the large scale trials to finish before knocking it.
My apologies if you are an expert on the drug.

[naomi24]

//The fact that a drug will help cure you from an illness does not necessarily mean that it will prevent you from getting the problem in the first place.//

That’s right. As I understand it these drugs are being trialed as an aid to recovery - not as a prevention. I watched a BBC documentary where doctors were trialing one and found it to hasten recovery by a third.