President Takes Anti Malarial - Is Dettol Next?

[Peter Pedant]

The President cleared the room when he admitted taking hydroxychloroquine.
He had also found a doctor to prescribe it

and MY question is : if a relative did that and died - would you complain to the authorities ( GMC and courts here ) that the doctor had NOT acted in the patients ( your relative that is!) best interests and should pay you ( the estate ) much moolah and lose his licence

Note to help posters - hydroxyChlor does NOT have a licence to be used in warding off covid

[Spicerack]

It had better list it if they sell it in Liverpool.

[Spicerack]

No, you're quite right, petey. Only chloroquine is bad for you when you exceed the stated dose.

[Togo]

Meanwhile back in the real World the UK places an order for £35million worth of hydroxychloroqine. Is this to stop the Trumpster getting his hands on it?

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/coronavirus/uk-is-bulk-buying-hydroxychloroqine-as-possible-covid-19-treatment/ar-BB14laIl?li=BBoPWjQ

[Spicerack]

Morning Togo, be great if it works to some extent. Time will tell.

[Mozz71]

The thing is, if he doesn't get Covid, his fans are all going to say it was because of the hydroxychloroqine and he's going to declare himself a genius (again). The only way he loses here is if he tests positive for Coronavirus, whoch despite my dislike of Trump, I don't wish on anybody.

He's a lousy president, but he's a cunning beggar.

[Spicerack]

//The thing is, if he doesn't get Covid, his fans are all going to say it was because of the hydroxychloroqine//

Doubt it. We're all super brainy and classy.

[Ken4155]

Listening to a guy on the radio yesterday who takes the drug for his ailment (didn't catch whether it was Lupus or RA or a.n.other) and he was worried that, if The Donald's followers suddenly rush out and demand the drug, there would soon be a shortage for those who actually 'need' it. Oh, and by the way, this guy caught C19 earlier in the year - not hospitalised but the worst illness of his life. So, probably not really a preventative medicine.

[Mozz71]

//Doubt it. We're all super brainy and classy.//

Surely you mean bigly brainy?

[woofgang]

a brain of like biggiditytude to a planet

[Spicerack]

Sounds like terminal lying to me, ken.

[Ken4155]

^
To you, it would, spice. Of course his doc didn't come on afterwards to confirm or deny the claims. But, hey ho.

[Spicerack]

Was he black?

[Ellipsis]

> a shortage for those who actually 'need' it

Move on, nothing to see here, just a bit of collateral damage ...

[Ken4155]

"Was he black?" He was on the radio so I don't know whether he was black, white, sky-blue pink...………………...

[jno]

do you not have colour radio yet, Ken? I'm sure you can get them from the Ukip shop.

[AuntPollyGrey]

Hydroxychloroquine is not anti viral and I'm sure Trumps physicians have told him this which makes his actions even more ridiculous. HCQ is given to patients with mild RA to reduce inflammation. I was given it when first diagnosed but it did not work very well and side effects were a nuisance ( acid reflux, nausea). They tried it out re CV19 to try and damp down the bodies TNF response to CV19 when the virus entered the lungs. It seemed to have a limited effect and I think they are still working on this, but it certainly will not prevent a viral infection, just j(maybe) help reduce inflammation in a patient already infected and showing pneumonia symptoms.

[Spicerack]

Easy and cheap to make in vast quantities. Let's face it, he was just a rent a gob lefty brought on to 'have a go about something'. Probably on a lefty radio show if ken was tuned in.

[Spicerack]

I should say, usually, you can tell someone's colour on the radio.

[Ken4155]

Ah, so i'm a leftie again, now? If I had a pound for every time i'd been called that, i'd have...…………..ooohhhhh………..at least a fiver. And all from this site, too:-/
He actually sounded white, spice, if that answers your question. Mind you, many of the second generation Asians I've decorated for sound more Lancashire than I do.

[Spicerack]

Didn't really matter. It's just if he was black he'd have been pretending to have Lupus probably. Thought I'd clear it up for you. ;)