Another diss at Dr Fauci’s caution on the drugs use as Trump goes ahead with his push for the drugs wider use…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Monday that early responses to the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine “anecdotally” suggest its use in the coronavirus fight has been “effective,” but that official data was still forthcoming.
Asked about the progress of the trials at his daily press briefing, Cuomo noted that state officials have allowed use of the drug in combination with the antibiotic Zithromax in hospitals “at their discretion.” He said the federal government would increase supplies to New York pharmacies, but that New York has imposed a 14-day limit to protect the supplies for people who rely on it to treat other medical conditions.
“The tests in the hospital, they’re too short a period of time to get a scientific report,” Cuomo said. “Hospital administrators, doctors want to have a significant data set before they give a formal opinion. Anecdotally, you’ll get suggestions that it has been effective. But we don’t have any official data yet from a hospital or a quote-unquote study, which will take weeks if not months.”
“There has been anecdotal evidence that it is promising; that’s why we’re going ahead,” he added, noting that some patients have a pre-existing condition or medication regimen that prevents them from taking it….
James doesn’t like Fauci because he opposed Trumps absurd idea to reopen everything this coming Sunday (Easter) as the virus is reaching its peak.
James supported that ,unsurprisingly.
Fauci merely has said ,what almost any doctor would,that the use of this drug may or may not be effective, that it’s viability as such was unproven(and remains so.)Rather what we have a various anecdotal successes.
Cuomo ,whose state has been hardest hit, is searching for anything that can alleviate the suffering there .I don’t blame him.This is no “diss” on Fauci at all and shows the usual lack of understanding on your part as to the reality of this situation .
Trump admin health people are now following the crowd in bring down their guesses in the virus numbers as the numbers begin to level out as the less dire models seem to be more relative to the reality….