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In response to "Chloroquine study shows no benefit, extra deaths from COVID-19 -- (link)" by Reagen

I don’t know why people are celebrating that this doesn’t work. It would be fantastic if it did.

Posted by spamlet Apr 21 '20, 10:43

Yes, Trump pumped it way up but him losing isn’t us winning.

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I’d guess that the number of people celebrating this is about the same as the number of New Jersey Muslims celebrating on 9/11. -- nm - Roger More Apr 21, 11:22 1
- *golf clap* -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:23
It was never going to be what he called it. At best it might have helped with certain symptoms. - Inigo Apr 21, 11:00
I certainly take no joy in it. I was hoping it was effective regardless of if it let Trump say "see I was right!" - ty97 Apr 21, 11:00 6
- The hypothetical benefits were outweighed by the run on the drug which prevented people who actually needed it for proven usage from getting it. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 11:06 4
  - Manufacturing could catch up with that with time, if it worked -- nm - ty97 Apr 21, 11:11 3
    - Finland and India are the two main sources, both are running out of chems needed, both are blocking new export contracts till local needs met - zeitgeist Apr 21, 11:31
    - Which would have also been true for magnets, tea leaves, or copper-lined socks if Trump had randomly picked those as possible solutions. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 11:20 1
      - this. exactly this. -- nm - Jovian Apr 21, 11:25
- I disagree. It would give him license to keep playing doctor. It's incredibly dangerous. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 11:02
I'm not celebrating but it does point to President Business' lack of willingness to do the hard work. - Reagen Apr 21, 10:54 2
- He's desperately looking for a magic pill that will cover up his failure. Meanwhile, he's abdicating responsibility for testing. He just won't stop failing. -- nm* - loosilu Apr 21, 10:58 1
  - How can anyone fail so much so obviously and have so much support? We are lost -- nm - JackDawson Apr 21, 11:21
Because his comments were not in good faith -- nm - JackDawson Apr 21, 10:51 15
- But again, this is *bad* news. - spamlet Apr 21, 10:52 14
  - You are wrong on this, buddy. "Idiot is shown to be idiot" is only bad news if you are an idiot too. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 11:23 2
    - (Do you know that he came out on live TV saying "Try it. What do you have to lose"?????????) -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 11:28 1
      - worse, he was saying that first responders should take it as a prevention -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 11:33
  - I agree, it’s bad news, it’s also not news to begin with. This is the media trolling his trolling -- nm - JackDawson Apr 21, 11:19
  - No, it’s bad “news”. - znufrii, silly old man Apr 21, 11:19 1
    - Precisely ! -- nm - JackDawson Apr 21, 11:20
  - There was never any reasonable possibility this drug was going to be a game changer. - Inigo Apr 21, 11:19
  - It's only bad news if you're in snake oil sales. Medical officials were pretty emphatic that this wasn't going to work. - David Apr 21, 11:17 2
    - Yup. Last thing we need in a crisis is to waste time touting a *bad* idea. -- nm - Spawn Apr 21, 11:20 1
      - Right. Basically, we just confirmed that a poison is poisonous. -- nm - David Apr 21, 11:23
  - agreed. -- nm - tRuMaN Apr 21, 11:14
  - It's not bad news, it's irrelevant news. -- nm - Max Apr 21, 11:01
  - It's a win long term for Science - Reagen Apr 21, 10:55
  - It's good news for people who already take it for other conditions and who were facing shortages. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 10:53
Yay, we can stop killing people (more) to save one man’s ego? - znufrii, silly old man Apr 21, 10:49
Our President is a heartless killer of the weak and vulnerable. Man up and take your criticism on the chin. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 10:48
we do have a local musician on death's door who says this is what saved him (and he's no trumper) -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 21, 10:46 1
- Anecdotes are not data. -- nm - loosilu Apr 21, 10:51
Maybe in a stretch: empty promises need to be spotlighted as failures to help strengthen the case of basing policy on good science. - Max Apr 21, 10:46
Indeed. We already have enough examples of Trump not knowing what he is talking about. We don't need instances in emergencies. -- nm - crash davis Apr 21, 10:46 1
- It doesn't mean anything to you that this is coming from an observer from another country, who no doubt doesn't want to see these mistakes repeated? -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 11:01

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