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He can't get it refilled for a bit...maybe a week or so. He's trying every day. No matter what the situation with that news report I mentioned, it's going to be tough because of the demand.

btw- this past week someone I know and was given hydroxychloroquine and antibiotics, not tested for covid 19.
 
K said:
So I'm REALLY hoping this is not true!

My son just sent me a buzzfeednews article (so not the best source)

The medication they are talking about MIGHT work (plaquenil) that's an RA medication, RA and Lupus (and probably others - the one that was originally a malaria drug), is in such high demand for the possibility of treating COVID 19 that some patients are getting notices that they will not be able to refill their scripts which can be very dangerous for them. Be clear, these are immunocompromised patients. Many of them have been on it for many years for autoimmune diseases. My son has been taking it for 16-17 years and it is one of the meds that has helped him to continue to live for those years. He has not received a notice, but he also has not tried to refill his script yet because he has a bit before he can. Me being the eternal optimist thinks this is probably a hoax, or they are increasing the supply at such a rate that when he runs out in about 5-6 weeks there will be enough that he will be able to get it again. Or maybe by some miracle there is something else he could use.

There are really tough decisions being made. I get that...hell, it's one of the reasons I don't work in health care administration anymore. I just don't think it's a good idea to take medication away from many people who we KNOW it is making a life and death difference for in order to maybe treat something we don't know will work.

Trump saying - hey what will it hurt to try it? Ok, I get that and I would want them to try anything possible if my loved one got it too. But not as a trial at the expense of others who we KNOW it is working for. They seem to leave this factor out of these conversations.
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The problem is the entire world, not just the U.S., is desperately looking at existing drugs that can be used to treat COVID-19. You need these clinical trials to see if they'll work. Here are few media clips from within the last week disscussing the topic:


While there are currently no FDA-approved treatments or vaccines for the coronavirus, four treatments are being developed for existing infections. These treatments are only for existing infections, not preventing new ones, and are not a perfect solution. Remdesivir, for example, requires a 10-day IV treatment in a hospital.
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The growing coronavirus outbreak is causing chaos in global financial markets, freezing supply chains and causing companies all over the world to create work-for-home plans and ban business travel. At drug companies and research labs, though, the race is on to develop a cure for coronavirus, or at least its symptoms. Here's what's at stake, and when the world can expect a coronavirus vaccine.
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*sigh*
Been fighting the ruthless trade for 8 years now..these fuckwits will never stop. They just DGAF.
#quarantineforwhat?

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Will they ever learn? Chinese markets are still selling bats and slaughtering rabbits on blood-soaked floors as Beijing celebrates 'victory' over the coronavirus

https://mol.im/a/8163761
  • the markets have gone back to operating in exactly the same way as they did before coronavirus' despite the outbreaks links to bats
 
Beasty said:
Damn. His doctor told him to self-quarantine but didn't test him. Dude needs a new doctor. I generally don't trust doctors much, stuff like that is exactly why. Also I don't like how doctors are quick to put people on high blood pressure medicine. Granted that it is needed sometimes but they be shotgunning with it. Sometimes they will tell the patient that it's only a small dose but they don't explain tolerance to them. Once your tolerance builds then he will have to switch it or up your dose, eventually leading to you being hooked on it. They fuck a lot of black men over like that.

I wonder if wealthy white dudes trust doctors when they have so many willing to just be script writers for oxy and percocet?
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I'm on high blood pressure meds right now. Not like I'm feening for my next hit, though
 
RicardoCooper said:
I'm on high blood pressure meds right now. Not like I'm feening for my next hit, though
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That's not how it works.

Once your blood pressure becomes high you have a window of opportunity to correct it by diet and exercise. Once your body depends on meds to correct your blood pressure that window of opportunity is gone. Then you actually need the meds to keep your blood pressure down. That is an addiction.

The correct logic is for a doctor to advise you about diet and exercise and monitor your progress, unless your blood pressure is so high that exercise can kill you or maybe your pressure is so high that you really don't have time to correct it naturally. Only then does meds make sense.
 
A PSA.

I knew I should have saved it, because I knew FB would soon remove her post and shocking video (which I had planned to share here.)

It showed cell footage of a face-mask "factory" -- but it's hardly a factory, it's dingy sewing rooms in either India or Bangladesh where the male sewers are not wearing any gloves or masks, are in shorts and flip-flops, the masks are falling on the dirt ground from their sewing tables, touching filthy grimey floors, barefooted young boys were gathering them up with dirty hands,
mask material cloth was being cut up on the dirty FLOORS with scissors by squatting workers, EVERY aspect was unsanitary,
it was absolutely disgusting.

So people, when you buy any masks, make sure you thoroughly spray disinfect them before you even put them anywhere on your face!
 
Florida Megachurch Packed with Worshipers During Coronavirus Pandemic
CORONAVIRUS

Pastor Shuns Social Distancing
https://www.tmz.com/2020/03/29/chru...-MBLmli_GWS4C5WAYxUDqpJSx-ok6yVo8ndaPrSsl0Eu0

"The only time the church will close is when the Rapture is taking place.”

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The U.S. Just Signed A $450 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Contract With Johnson & Johnson

Thomas Brewster Forbes Staff


'...The deal was signed with the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) on March 27, 2020. It followed another order, made as part of the same contract with Janssen, for $150 million on March 20, 2020, for a “new antiviral” for COVID-19...'

More..
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/03/30/the-us-just-signed-a-450-million-coronavirus-vaccine-contract-with-johnson--johnson/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Valerie/#2a5c84c62946
 
DJG87 said:
People are stupid. I’m mad there’s groups of dumbasses really having “Corona” Parties this past weekend. Why... just why?
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I'm sorry brother. I truly feel bad for people like you just trying to live and make a living. They got the shit in boot camp now. Boot is disgusting, I got 3 colds in 8 weeks. I was shocked how may idiots showed up sick. My fever was so bad I didn't even buy my pictures. I was in the bed for 3 days straight recovering. One of the guys in charge gave me his copy of the division picture. At least I didn't look like shit in that one. My last week there I started getting pink eye symptoms but my body fought it off quickly.

Navy Recruit Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Illinois Boot Camp, Training of New Sailors Continues
https://news.usni.org/2020/03/29/na...dXMrAKQUJZAtTeCmi65hGRj9P2G3GMtl8jJhgBUC-hDoc
 
The "ground-zero" New Rochelle Lawyer who was in a coma, intubated, has recovered and went home yesterday.
 
K said:
So I'm REALLY hoping this is not true!

My son just sent me a buzzfeednews article (so not the best source)

The medication they are talking about MIGHT work (plaquenil) that's an RA medication, RA and Lupus (and probably others - the one that was originally a malaria drug), is in such high demand for the possibility of treating COVID 19 that some patients are getting notices that they will not be able to refill their scripts which can be very dangerous for them. Be clear, these are immunocompromised patients. Many of them have been on it for many years for autoimmune diseases. My son has been taking it for 16-17 years and it is one of the meds that has helped him to continue to live for those years. He has not received a notice, but he also has not tried to refill his script yet because he has a bit before he can. Me being the eternal optimist thinks this is probably a hoax, or they are increasing the supply at such a rate that when he runs out in about 5-6 weeks there will be enough that he will be able to get it again. Or maybe by some miracle there is something else he could use.

There are really tough decisions being made. I get that...hell, it's one of the reasons I don't work in health care administration anymore. I just don't think it's a good idea to take medication away from many people who we KNOW it is making a life and death difference for in order to maybe treat something we don't know will work.

Trump saying - hey what will it hurt to try it? Ok, I get that and I would want them to try anything possible if my loved one got it too. But not as a trial at the expense of others who we KNOW it is working for. They seem to leave this factor out of these conversations.
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They are currently testing chloroquine and hydrochloroquine, another malaria drug. I don’t know about plaquenil. Switzerland isn’t going the chloroquine road though but the Kaletra road for complicated cases. That’s an HIV drug to suppress the virus. There isn’t enough of it (and it’s REALLY expensive) so in preparation they have been asking HIV positive people to kindly switch to a different antiviral drug for the time of the pandemic and hand over Kaletra to the authorities. They aren’t forced to however. If plaquenil is the only thing that helps your son he should really be able to still get it no matter what!
 
2/45 is a high mortality rate! Probably a lot of older people in the choir. Are choir practices still allowed over there?
 
The FDA approved today hydroxychloroquine & chloroquine for widespread use:

According to the FDA, anecdotal reports suggest that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine may offer some benefit for patients in serious condition.
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