Virus thread, the political one.

[thollandpe]

Looking forward to the first breathless post about the unfortunate story that recently broke,
"President Trump convinced the people to eat fish aquarium cleaner and now one of them is DEAD!"

No please, you go first. Let's hear a defense of the President of the United States riffing about potential Covid-19 cures on an official broadcast, as if he's in some psilocybin-fueled vision quest.

On using hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus, there has been "very, very encouraging results" and "we're going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately."

Of course Dr. Fauci tried to put the genie back in the bottle, saying it was not an effective treatment. He's been benched.

But IMPOTUS persisted nevertheless, "I feel good about it. That's all it is, just a feeling, you know, smart guy. I feel good about it."

Later on the Twitter machine he doubled down and posted that taking the drug with a Z-Pak could be "one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine."
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Tell us how that is not grossly irresponsible. Or that it has not led to a shortage of the drug, which is needed for treating other things like lupus, for people already at high risk.
Lupus Patients Can’t Get Crucial Medication After President Trump Pushes Unproven Coronavirus Treatment — ProPublica