Doctors raise alarm over widespread state orders keeping businesses closed and kids home from school

Dr Fauci of CDC Pitching A Snake Oil Cure For covid-19 That Is Bad For Your Health!

Dr Brix is in the back of wagon mixing up another daily batch of their magic potion for covid-19  cure  elixir  drink that will fix what ales ya.  It's just 50 cents a bottle.

Aunt Bea tried it and got smashed.

After drinking this magic cure you begin to feel more safe by saying at home, wearing a mask and not touching any surface. Take a scarf rag and dip it in the CDC magic cure all alixir.

Government warning label on back of bottle in small lettters: "It has not been demostrated to cure anything especially the covid-19."
If you want to use it as a  disinfectant go ahead because it contains alcohol that is known to cure what ails ya on a temporary basis but won't kill the covid-19.

Doctors raise alarm over widespread state orders keeping businesses closed and kids home from school, calling it  a "mass casualty incident" with "exponentially growing health consequences."

Doctors raise alarm about health effects of continued coronavirus shutdown: 'Mass casualty incident'

More than 600 doctors signed onto a letter sent to President Trump Tuesday pushing him to end the "national shutdown" aimed at slowing the spread of the coronvirus, calling the widespread state orders keeping businesses closed and kids home from school a "mass casualty incident" with "exponentially growing health consequences."

The letter outlines a variety of consequences that the doctors have observed resulting from the coronavirus shutdowns, including patients missing routine checkups that could detect things like heart problems or cancer, increases in substance and alcohol abuse, and increases in financial instability that could lead to "poverty and financial uncertainty," which "is closely linked to poor health."

"We are alarmed at what appears to be the lack of consideration for the future health of our patients," the doctors say in their letter. "The downstream health effects ... are being massively under-estimated and under-reported. This is an order of magnitude error."

A Doctor a Day Letter - Signed by Fox News on Scribd

A Doctor a Day Letter - Signed PDF (10 Pages)


The letter continues: "The millions of casualties of a continued shutdown will be hiding in plain sight, but they will be called alcoholism, homelessness, suicide, heart attack, stroke, or kidney failure. In youths it will be called financial instability, unemployment, despair, drug addiction, unplanned pregnancies, poverty, and abuse."

"Because the harm is diffuse, there are those who hold that it does not exist. We, the undersigned, know otherwise."



Fox News asked McDonald, as well as three other doctors who were involved with the letter, if they thought the indirect effects of the shutdowns outweighed the likely direct consequences of lifting them -- the preventable "suffering and death" Fauci referred to in last week's Senate hearing. All four said that they believe they do.

"The very initial argument ... which sounded reasonable three months ago, is that in order to limit the overwhelmed patient flux into hospitals that would prevent adequate care, we needed to spread out the infections and thus the deaths in specific locales that could become hotspots, particularly New York City... It was a valid argument at the beginning based on the models that were given,"

McDonald said. "What we've seen now over the last three months is that no city -- none, zero -- outside of New York has even been significantly stressed."


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McDonald is referring to the misconception that business closures and stay-at-home orders aimed at "flattening the curve" are meant to reduce the total number of people who will fall ill because of the coronavirus.

Rather, these curve-flattening measures are meant largely to reduce the number of people who are sick at any given time, thus avoiding a surge in cases that overwhelms the health care system and causes otherwise preventable deaths because not all patients are able to access lifesaving critical care.

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McDonald said that "hospitals are not only not overwhelmed, they're actually being shut down." He noted that at one hospital in the Los Angeles area where Dr. Simone Gold, the head organizer of the letter, works "the technicians in the ER have been cut by 50 percent."

Gold also said the effects of the shutdown are more serious for the vast majority of people than the potential virus spread if it is quickly lifted.

"When you look at the data of the deaths and the critically ill, they are patients who were very sick to begin with," she said, "There's always exceptions. ... But when you look at the pure numbers, it's overwhelmingly patients who are in nursing homes and patients with serious underlying conditions. Meaning, that that's where our resources should be spent.

I think it's terribly unethical... part of the reason why we let [the virus] fly through the nursing homes is because we're diverting resources across society at large. We have limited resources we should put them where it's killed people."


Newport Beach, Calif., concierge doctor Dr. Jeffrey Barke, who led the letter effort with Gold, also put an emphasis on the disparity in who the virus effects.

"There are thousands of us out there that don't agree with the perspective of Dr. Fauci and [White House coronavirus response coordinator] Dr. [Deborah] Birx that believe, yes, this virus is deadly, it's dangerous, and it's contagious, but only to a select group of Americans,".

He said. "The path forward is to allow the young and healthy, the so-called herd, to be exposed and to develop a degree of antibodies that both now is protective to them and also prevents the virus from spreading to the most vulnerable."

A Doctor a Day has not yet formally launched but sent the letter, with hundreds of signatures from physicians nationwide, to the White House on Tuesday.

Gold and the group's co-founder, Barke, said they began the organization to advocate for patients against the government-imposed coronavirus shutdowns by elevating the voices of doctors who felt that the negative externalities of the shutdowns outweigh the potential downside of letting people resume their normal business.





Editor Note


The federal, state and local governments will only continue to do a lock step - goose step logic following bad advice from the CDC.

The FAKE news mass media will continue to feed you false information about the covid-19.

There are many doctors who know dr fauci and dr birx are giving you misinformation and mix messages about covid-19.

If you totally follow the CDC guidlines about dealing with the covid-19 the doctors in this letter are telling you this:

It will lead to a  "mass casualty incident" with "exponentially growing health consequences."

 "The downstream health effects ... are being massively under-estimated and under-reported. This is an order of magnitude error."


Our government has not only destroyed the economy but is also destroying our health with bad advice on how to deal with the covid-19.


The CDC has been wrong time after time about dealing with the corona virus and continues to be wrong!

They give us information that is later updated to correct their initial information about covid-19.

THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT LISTEN TO THEIR ADVICE WITHOUT REALIZING IT CAN BE WRONG AND MOST LIKELY WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED IF THE CDC IS WILLING TO ADMIT THEY WERE WRONG.

IN THE MEAN TIME THE GOVERNMENT VIA THE CDC IS KILLING US WITH BAD ADVICE ABOUT THE COVID-19!

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT ONLY KILLING US BUT CONTINUES TO DESTROY THE US ECONOMY BECAUSE OF THIS BAD INFORMATION ABOUT THE COVID-19.

THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA MAKES SURE THE BAD CDC INFORMATION CONTINUES TO FLOW AND BOTTLED AS BREAKING FAKE NEWS.

VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO BECOME MINI DICTATORS  ARE MAKING SLAVES OUT OF US.






Read about another example of CDC being totally wrong again below. The CDC quietly updated their website with this information.

CDC updates guidance to say COVID-19 'does not spread easily' through touching contaminated surfaces

CDC updates guidance to say COVID-19 'does not spread easily' through touching contaminated surfaces

Not the main way it spreads

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance on COVID-19 to say that the disease "does not spread easily" on contaminated surfaces.



The disease has always been thought to spread mainly through person-to-person contact by respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks.

But up until recently, the CDC maintained that the virus could also spread through contact with contaminated surfaces.

Now the CDC says "the virus spreads easily between people" but "does not spread easily in other ways."

Under the second section, the guidance reads: "It may be possible for COVID-19 to spread in other ways, but these are not thought to be the main ways the virus spreads."

{The CDC information saying  it may be possible for the covid-19 to spread  in other ways but these are not the main ways, is VERY MISLEADING and confuses people.

This is done on purpose.

The CDC does not want you to know the truth about covid-19.}

What's the background?

Much of the thinking on the virus' spread through contaminated surfaces stemmed from a New England Journal of Medicine study in March that found the virus could survive in the air for hours and on certain surfaces for days. In the study, the virus was detected up to four hours later on copper, up to one day later on cardboard, and up to three days later on plastic and stainless steel.

Though the study never purported to say that people who touched those surfaces could become infected, guidance on the matter advised caution.

In April, when the Food and Drug Administration announced that customers don't need to worry about contracting the virus from grocery packaging, CDC guidance expressed caution, citing the study.

It should be noted that the World Health Organization has not updated its guidance on contaminated surfaces and still states that "COVID-19 spreads primarily from person to person," but "can also spread if you touch contaminated objects and surfaces."

What changed?

The Yahoo News report notes that the reason for the change is not due to any new study on the virus' viability on surfaces, but rather epidemiological data has simply found that person-to-person contact is the main highway for transmission.

"Based on the epidemiology, we know that the main way this virus is infecting people is from direct contact with other infected people," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

"Contaminated surfaces play some role, but it's likely much smaller."

"This is a respiratory virus, and respiratory viruses largely spread through breathing in infected respiratory droplets," he added.

"It might be possible to become infected after touching a surface that has the virus, then touching one's face," Watkins added. "That is why handwashing and avoiding touching one's face are important. However, this isn't the main way the virus is spread."




Bonus Editor Note


Will  dr fauci and dr birx, the scarf queen, tell you that their guidlines have changed about covid-19 on surfaces? Don't hold your breath.

Will dr fauci and dr birx, resident CDC "experts", tell you that many other doctors across the nation disagree with their predictions and advice on dealing with the covid-19?

Will dr fauci and the scarf queen tell you of the urgent need to END the national shutdown?

Will dr fauci and dr brix tell you the widespread state orders keeping businesses closed and kids home from school  is going to lead to a "mass casualty incident" with "exponentially growing health consequences."

NO.

This is because they are  not only incompetent doctors but are also like SNAKE OIL DOCTORS who want to sell you a bottle of cure all.

The bottle of cure all dr fauci and the scarf queen, who represent the CDC, is in the form of their daily media pitches selling you misinformation about covid-19 SNAKE OIL cure all CDC guidelines.

Their SNAKE OIL CDC cure all for the covid-19 is not a valid scientific proven cure for the covid-19.

But dr fauci and the scaft queen promote their SNAKE OIL CDC advice as a cure all for the covid-19.

DON'T BUY dr fauchi's or dr brix CDC SNAKE OIL cure all!

Don't gather around their wagon, tv -radio, everyday and listen to their daily CDC SNAKE OIL pitch to buy their miracle cure all magic elixir.

Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy

Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy


Dr. Russell Blaylock warns that not only do face masks fail to protect the healthy from getting sick, but they also create serious health risks to the wearer. The bottom line is that if you are not sick, you should not wear a face mask.

As businesses reopen, many are requiring shoppers and employees to wear a face mask. Costco, for instance, will not allow shoppers into the store without wearing a face mask. Many employers are requiring all employees to wear a face mask while at work. In some jurisdictions, all citizens must wear a face mask if they are outside of their own home.


With the advent of the so-called COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a number of medical practices that have little or no scientific support as regards reducing the spread of this infection.

One of these measures is the wearing of facial masks, either a surgical-type mask, bandana or N95 respirator mask. When this pandemic began and we knew little about the virus itself or its epidemiologic behavior, it was assumed that it would behave, in terms of spread among communities, like other respiratory viruses.

 Little has presented itself after intense study of this virus and its behavior to change this perception.

This is somewhat of an unusual virus in that for the vast majority of people infected by the virus, one experiences either no illness (asymptomatic) or very little sickness. Only a very small number of people are at risk of a potentially serious outcome from the infection—mainly those with underlying serious medical conditions in conjunction with advanced age and frailty, those with immune compromising conditions and nursing home patients near the end of their lives.

There is growing evidence that the treatment protocol issued to treating doctors by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mainly intubation and use of a ventilator (respirator), may have contributed significantly to the high death rate in these select individuals.

By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.  Russell Blaylock, MD

As for the scientific support for the use of face mask, a recent careful examination of the literature, in which 17 of the best studies were analyzed, concluded that, “ None of the studies established a conclusive relationship between mask/respirator use and protection against influenza infection.”¹  Keep in mind, no studies have been done to demonstrate that either a cloth mask or the N95 mask has any effect on transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

Any recommendations, therefore, have to be based on studies of influenza virus transmission. And, as you have seen, there is no conclusive evidence of their efficiency in controlling flu virus transmission.

It is also instructive to know that until recently, the CDC did not recommend wearing a face mask or covering of any kind, unless a person was known to be infected, that is, until recently. Non-infected people need not wear a mask.

When a person has TB we have them wear a mask, not the entire community of non-infected.

The recommendations by the CDC and the WHO are not based on any studies of this virus and have never been used to contain any other virus pandemic or epidemic in history.

Now that we have established that there is no scientific evidence necessitating the wearing of a face mask for prevention, are there dangers to wearing a face mask, especially for long periods?

Several studies have indeed found significant problems with wearing such a mask. This can vary from headaches, to increased airway resistance, carbon dioxide accumulation, to hypoxia, all the way to serious life-threatening complications.

There is a difference between the N95 respirator mask and the surgical mask (cloth or paper mask) in terms of side effects.

 The N95 mask, which filters out 95% of particles with a median diameter >0.3 µm² , because it impairs respiratory exchange (breathing) to a greater degree than a soft mask, and is more often associated with headaches.

In one such study, researchers surveyed 212 healthcare workers (47 males and 165 females) asking about presence of headaches with N95 mask use, duration of the headaches, type of headaches and if the person had preexisting headaches.²

They found that about a third of the workers developed headaches with use of the mask, most had preexisting headaches that were worsened by the mask wearing, and 60% required pain medications for relief.

As to the cause of the headaches, while straps and pressure from the mask could be causative, the bulk of the evidence points toward hypoxia and/or hypercapnia as the cause.

That is, a reduction in blood oxygenation (hypoxia) or an elevation in blood C02 (hypercapnia). It is known that the N95 mask, if worn for hours, can reduce blood oxygenation as much as 20%.

I am sure that we have several cases of elderly individuals or any person with poor lung function passing out, hitting their head. This, of course, can lead to death.

A more recent study involving 159 healthcare workers aged 21 to 35 years of age found that 81% developed headaches from wearing a face mask.³ 

Some had pre-existing headaches that were precipitated by the masks. All felt like the headaches affected their work performance.

Unfortunately, no one is telling the frail elderly and those with lung diseases, such as COPD, emphysema or pulmonary fibrosis, of these dangers when wearing a facial mask of any kind—which can cause a severe worsening of lung function.

This also includes lung cancer patients and people having had lung surgery, especially with partial resection or even the removal of a whole lung.

While most agree that the N95 mask can cause significant hypoxia and hypercapnia, another study of surgical masks found significant reductions in blood oxygen as well. In this study, researchers examined the blood oxygen levels in 53 surgeons using an oximeter.

They measured blood oxygenation before surgery as well as at the end of surgeries.⁴ The researchers found that the mask reduced the blood oxygen levels (pa0²) significantly.

The longer the duration of wearing the mask, the greater the fall in blood oxygen levels.

The importance of these findings is that a drop in oxygen levels (hypoxia) is associated with an impairment in immunity.

Studies have shown that hypoxia can inhibit the type of main immune cells used to fight viral infections called the CD4+ T-lymphocyte.

This occurs because the hypoxia increases the level of a compound called hypoxia inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), which inhibits T-lymphocytes and stimulates a powerful immune inhibitor cell called the Tregs.

This sets the stage for contracting any infection, including COVID-19 and making the consequences of that infection much graver.

In essence, your mask may very well put you at an increased risk of infections and if so, having a much worse outcome.^5,6,7

People with cancer, especially if the cancer has spread, will be at a further risk from prolonged hypoxia as the cancer grows best in a microenvironment that is low in oxygen.

Low oxygen also promotes inflammation which can promote the growth, invasion and spread of cancers.^8,9 

 Repeated episodes of hypoxia has been proposed as a significant factor in atherosclerosis and hence increases all cardiovascular (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular (strokes) diseases.¹⁰

There is another danger to wearing these masks on a daily basis, especially if worn for several hours. 

When a person is infected with a respiratory virus, they will expel some of the virus with each breath.

If they are wearing a mask, especially an N95 mask or other tightly fitting mask, they will be constantly rebreathing the viruses, raising the concentration of the virus in the lungs and the nasal passages.

We know that people who have the worst reactions to the coronavirus have the highest concentrations of the virus early on.

****  Editor Note: If you are wearing a mask reading this I am sure at this point you are considering throwing it away.  ****


And this leads to the deadly cytokine storm in a selected number.

Under This Doctor’s Care, Most COVID-19 Patients Are Recovering. Here’s His Unusual Approach.

It gets even more frightening.

Newer evidence suggests that in some cases the virus can enter the brain.^11,12

In most instances it enters the brain by way of the olfactory nerves (smell nerves), which connect directly with the area of the brain dealing with recent memory and memory consolidation.

By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain.¹³

It is evident from this review that there is insufficient evidence that wearing a mask of any kind can have a significant impact in preventing the spread of this virus.

The fact that this virus is a relatively benign infection for the vast majority of the population and that most of the at-risk group also survive, from an infectious disease and epidemiological standpoint, by letting the virus spread through the healthier population we will reach a herd immunity level rather quickly that will end this pandemic quickly and prevent a return next winter.

During this time, we need to protect the at-risk population by avoiding close contact, boosting their immunity with compounds that boost cellular immunity and in general, care for them.

One should not attack and insult those who have chosen not to wear a mask, as these studies suggest that is the wise choice to make.


References

1. bin-Reza F et al. The use of mask and respirators to prevent transmission of influenza: A systematic review of the scientific evidence. Resp Viruses 2012;6(4):257-67.
2. Zhu JH et al. Effects of long-duration wearing of N95 respirator and surgical facemask: a pilot study. J Lung Pulm Resp Res 2014:4:97-100.
3. Ong JJY et al. Headaches associated with personal protective equipment- A cross-sectional study among frontline healthcare workers during COVID-19. Headache 2020;60(5):864-877.
4. Bader A et al. Preliminary report on surgical mask induced deoxygenation during major surgery. Neurocirugia 2008;19:12-126.
5. Shehade H et al. Cutting edge: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 negatively regulates Th1 function. J Immunol 2015;195:1372-1376.
6. Westendorf AM et al. Hypoxia enhances immunosuppression by inhibiting CD4+ effector T cell function and promoting Treg activity. Cell Physiol Biochem 2017;41:1271-84.
7. Sceneay J et al. Hypoxia-driven immunosuppression contributes to the pre-metastatic niche. Oncoimmunology 2013;2:1 e22355.
8. Blaylock RL. Immunoexcitatory mechanisms in glioma proliferation, invasion and occasional metastasis. Surg Neurol Inter 2013;4:15.
9. Aggarwal BB. Nucler factor-kappaB: The enemy within. Cancer Cell 2004;6:203-208.
10. Savransky V et al. Chronic intermittent hypoxia induces atherosclerosis. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2007;175:1290-1297.
11. Baig AM et al. Evidence of the COVID-19 virus targeting the CNS: Tissue distribution, host-virus interaction, and proposed neurotropic mechanisms. ACS Chem Neurosci 2020;11:7:995-998.
12. Wu Y et al. Nervous system involvement after infection with COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. Brain Behavior, and Immunity, In press.
13. Perlman S et al. Spread of a neurotropic murine coronavirus into the CNS via the trigeminal and olfactory nerves. Virology 1989;170:556-560.

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Dr. Russell Blaylock, author of The Blaylock Wellness Report newsletter, is a nationally recognized board-certified neurosurgeon, health practitioner, author, and lecturer.

He attended the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and completed his internship and neurological residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. For 26 years, practiced neurosurgery in addition to having a nutritional practice. He recently retired from his neurosurgical duties to devote his full attention to nutritional research.

Dr. Blaylock has authored four books, Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills, Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life, Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients, and his most recent work, Cellular and Molecular Biology of Autism Spectrum Disorders.




Bonus Editor Note 


Wow After reading this blog post I will NOT be wearing a mask or scarf mask.

I didn't know how dangerous these masks are.

The risks of NOT wearing a mask to protect myself from a virus outweigh the benefits of wearing a mask to protect myself from the COVID-19 or any virus!

It is known than wearing a scarf mask will NOT protect you from getting any virus.

The CDC and WHO recommends wearing a mask to protect others from the covid-19.

Do not wear a mask because it will not protect you from getting the covid-19 and will actually help you get the covid-19!

Face masks provide a false sense of security.


 Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy


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When the SARS pandemic hit in 2003, for example, scientists found some evidence that the three-foot cutoff may not be enough. Researchers looked at the prevalence of SARS infections within a single flight, and concluded that droplets of the virus could actually travel between passengers six feet apart—not three.

The study, which looked at just over 100 people and was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was allegedly the basis for the CDC updating their message to say that people should stay six feet apart to prevent transmission, according to a recent episode of Radiolab.

Quartz tried to find the origins of the six-foot guideline with the CDC, but after multiple attempts over two weeks, the agency failed to comment.

Now, there’s anecdotal evidence that the six-foot cutoff may not be enough, either. “It is possible that special circumstances might lead to increased or decreased risks,” Giorgia Sulis, an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist at McGill University, told Quartz in an email. But with limited time to have studied SARS-CoV-2, none of those special situations have been investigated in detail.

It’s certainly plausible that Covid-19 could be airborne. Already, scientists know that some infections, like measles, colds, chickenpox, and noroviruses are airborne. And previous work has suggested that everyone emits some potentially infectious material when speaking or singing.

Lydia Bourouiba, the scientist who studies fluid dynamics at MIT, has done work that shows that coughs and sneezes can be projected with such force that they emit both droplets and aerosols capable of traveling between 23 and 27 feet. But none of this has been demonstrated in a lab with SARS-CoV-2 in particular.

Specific environments could change the virus’ transmission dynamics, too. “Walking in the open air, regardless of weather conditions, is likely much less concerning compared to interaction in closed spaces where air circulation is more limited,”

Sulis says.

Time spent in the presence of a potential source could also affect transmission. So could viral load. 

“The longer the exposure time, the higher the chances of getting infected,” says Sulis, although again, infection risks are “limited” for those who interact from afar. And if a person is carrying a larger number of virion particles (viruses that haven’t found their way into one of our cells), they’d have more opportunities to spread those particles to others.

Extra Bonus Editor Note 

There has been no study to prove the 6 foot social distancing works to prevent you from getting the COVID-19.

There has been no study to prove if you are 1 to 500 feet away from someone that you will be less likely to get the COVID-19 virus.

Every year people get colds, flu etc because colds, flu virus etc can't be prevented from spreading.

Colds, flu, covid-19 will be spread everywhere in spite of all our best efforts.

There will be concentrated areas where it will be possible to get these various viruses.

The only way to maybe keep yourself from getting the covid-19 would be to become a hermit, live in a cave and never interact with a human again.

This is what I call real "social distancing".

Masks are a hazard to your health out in the public.

If masks are a hazard to your health out in the public that means they also are a hazard to health workers health also but there is a tradeoff in their situation.

If they are wearing a mask like an n95 mask that can help prevent them from getting the covid-19 while they are attanding a covid-19 patient the risk is acceptable.

Remember they are in contact with people who are KNOWN to have been infected with covid-19 not just suspected or maybe not knowing if these people have the covid-19 as when you go out into the public wearing a mask and not knowing who has the covid-19 virus.  Big difference.

Bottom line because the "experts" have not done ANY study proving social distancing works it is being using as a political tool to convince you that you will be safe if you stay 6 feet away from someone else. A Big Lie!


In review:

Wearing a scarf mask in public is hazardous to your health.

Playing the government game of 6 feet and your out is useless in protecting you or anybody else from getting the covid-19.


Be Seeing You.

Hydroxychloroquine has benefits if you have the COVID-19

Any drug may cause side effects. Side effects can vary greatly. Each drug is has different side effects and affect people differently.




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Why prescription drug ads always have that absurd list of side effects at the end

Prescription drug ads always feature absurdly long lists of side effects at the end. Why? And does anyone vet these ads to make sure they're accurate?

Prescription drug ads on television can be grimly amusing.

Just consider the commercial for the prescription sleep aid Lunesta: a soothing voice tells you the drug might deliver you to "the land of restful sleep"...  or, alternatively, that you might end up driving your car in a foggy sleep, feel suicidal, or experience an allergic reaction that leads to fatal throat swelling.


Only America and New Zealand allow pharmaceutical companies to market prescription drugs directly to potential patients.


In the United States, companies need to warn people of all the potential risks of their drug, and advertise only the indication for which the drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Some drugs have multiple potential uses, but only one or two have been specifically sanctioned by the FDA.

The unapproved uses are called "off-label" and can't be advertised.

That's why you see commercials extolling a drug's potential benefits — and then slamming you with a laundry list of side effects.

Drug companies are not required to tell patients how well their drugs actually work or really give any context all. Companies don't have to say how many people will actually benefit from the drug, or how many might be harmed.

They also don't need to mention cost, or whether there's a cheaper generic version of the drug, or whether improved diet and exercise could help a person's condition more than their medication.

This means drug companies have no incentive to spell out the fact that their new insomnia pill will probably only grant you 15 minutes more sleep a night, while delivering a 70 percent chance that you’ll be drowsy to the point of potentially crashing your car the next day.




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Why prescription drug ads always have that absurd list of side effects at the end


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Editor Note

Hydroxychloroquine SULFATE

COMMON BRAND(S): Plaquenil

GENERIC NAME(S): Hydroxychloroquine

Uses

Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent or treat malaria caused by mosquito bites. The United States Center for Disease Control provides updated guidelines and travel recommendations for the prevention and treatment of malaria in different parts of the world. Discuss the most recent information with your doctor before traveling to areas where malaria occurs.
This medication is also used to treat certain auto-immune diseases (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis). It belongs to a class of medications known as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). It can reduce skin problems in lupus and prevent swelling/pain in arthritis.



Hydroxychloroquine may cause a condition that affects the heart rhythm (QT prolongation).

QT prolongation can rarely cause serious (rarely fatal) fast/irregular heartbeat and other symptoms (such as severe dizziness, fainting) that need medical attention right away.

The risk of QT prolongation may be increased if you have certain medical conditions or are taking other drugs that may cause QT prolongation.

Before using hydroxychloroquine, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the drugs you take and if you have any of the following conditions: certain heart problems (heart failure, slow heartbeat, QT prolongation in the EKG), family history of certain heart problems (QT prolongation in the EKG, sudden cardiac death).

Low levels of potassium or magnesium in the blood may also increase your risk of QT prolongation.

This risk may increase if you use certain drugs (such as diuretics/"water pills") or if you have conditions such as severe sweating, diarrhea, or vomiting.

Talk to your doctor about using hydroxychloroquine safely.

Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially QT prolongation

President Trump on May 18, 2020 told the FAKE news media that he had been taking Hydroxychloroquine. and zinc supplements.

Zinc-hydroxychloroquine found effective in some COVID-19 patients: study

Washington (AFP) - The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine has shown mixed results against the coronavirus in early studies, but a new paper out of New York suggests combining it with the dietary supplement zinc sulfate could create a more effective treatment.

The research by the NYU Grossman School of Medicine was posted on a medical preprint site on Monday, meaning it hasn't yet been peer reviewed.

Records of about 900 COVID-19 patients were reviewed in the analysis, with roughly half given zinc sulfate along with hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin.

The other half only received hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin.

Those receiving the triple-drug combination had a 1.5 times greater likelihood of recovering enough to be discharged, and were 44 percent less likely to die, compared to the double-drug combination.

Hydroxychloroquine and zinc supplements are NOT a cure but can be used as an effective treatment to help covid-19 patients.

 

How Could It Help COVID-19 Patients?

The hope is that chloroquine might reduce how long people with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms feel sick. It might also shorten the time when infected people are contagious.



Bonus Editor Note 


I am not a doctor but I can read and understand what my own blog information about  chloroquine.

President Trump thinks he needs to be taking  chloroquine so he is taking it daily.

Why is he taking chloroquine?

I think he may think it can prevent or reduce COVID-19 symptoms.


Chloroquine CANNOT prevent COVID-19!


Chloroquine can reduce how long some people with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms feel sick.

In some people it can also shorten the time when infected people are contagious.

Unless President Trump currently has the COVID-19 virus he is taking Chloroquine for nothing.

Taking Chloroquine to prevent COVID-19 or reduce symptoms of COVID-19 if you don't have COVID-19 is USELESS!

Chloroquine has been shown to be uselful in some patients who have COVID-19 symptoms.

Chloroquine has NOT been shown to be of ANY benefit to prevent COVID-19.

Watch President Trump talk about taking hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine.

Notice he says, "I take it for whatever its worth."






Would I take hydroxychloroquine? 

Yes if I had COVID-19 symptoms and had been diagnosed with COVID-19.

I would first consult with my doctor and see what he said.

If my doctor told me their was no benefit to taking hydroxychloroquine I would ignore him and get another doctor.

If my doctor told me I should avoid taking hydroxychloroquine because of a medical condition or that hydroxychloroquine would interfere with other medications I was taking I would not take hydroxychloroquine.

I WOULD NOT TAKE  hydroxychloroquine JUST BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES.

If you listen to him in the video he keeps taking about doctors, nurses and patients with COVID-19.

Some patients with COVID-19 can benefit from a combination of hydroxychloroquine and zinc.

Doctors and nurses are of course more at risk of getting COVID-19 therefore it makes sense for them to consider taking hydroxychloroquine even though they don't have symproms of COVID-19.

It doesn't make sense to me for other people who have not symptoms or have not been diagnosed with COVID-19 to take hydroxychloroquine.

If you want to take  hydroxychloroquine go ahead and take it but consult your doctor first.

Studys have shown hydroxychloroquine does not prevent COVID-19 but can reduce how long some people with mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms are sick.

In some people it can also shorten the time when infected people are contagious.


Hydroxychloroquine has a purpose in the treatment of COVID-19 if you have COVID-19.


Zinc is known to help fight virus infection.

Yes I do take zinc supplements because they have been proven to work helping your immune system fight virus infection.

Everybody should be taking zinc if they don't have a health condition that prevents taking zinc supplements!

The bottom line is this.

In drug company ads on tv and radio they always have a disclaimer about various side effects and many times one of the side effects, although rare often, are that the drug can kill you.

All drugs have benefits and side effects.

If the good outweighs the bad benefits you usually take the drug.

Its the same with all drugs.

Its the same with  hydroxychloroquine.

Hydroxychloroquine has benefits if you have the COVID-19.

Zinc has benefits if you don't  have COVID-19 or if your do have COVID-19. Its boosts the immune system but you don't want to take it if your body is going into a cytokine storm caused by the COVID-19.

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