By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives May 19, 2020
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“Fox News’ Neil Cavuto was so shocked by President Donald Trump announcing he’s taking Hydroxychloroquine that he took a few minutes to explicitly warn viewers about the risks of taking it. (Mediaite)Dr. Cavuto insists that you know that taking Hydroxychloroquine could take your life.
“At one point the president asked “what have you got to lose,” but as Cavuto said, “A number of studies, those certainly vulnerable in the population have one thing to lose, their lives. A VA study showed that among a population of veterans in a hospital receiving this treatment, those with vulnerable conditions, respiratory conditions, heart elements, they died.” (Mediaite) “Cavuto read from a number of other studies about the effects of Hydroxychloroquine and said, “Those who took it, in a vulnerable population, including those with respiratory or other conditions, they died. I want to stress again — they died. If you are in a risky population here and you are taking this as a preventative treatment to ward off the virus or, in a worst-case scenario, you are dealing with the virus, and you are in this vulnerable population, it will kill you. I cannot stress that enough. This will kill you.” “So again, whatever benefit the president says this has — and certainly has had for those suffering from malaria, dealing with lupus — this is a leap that should not be taken casually by those watching at home or assuming, ‘well, the President of the United States says it’s okay,'” Cavuto continued, bringing up the FDA’s own warning. “Cavuto emphasized he’s making a “life and death point,” not a political one."
“I’m taking it – Hydroxychloroquine,” the president told reporters during a roundtable with restaurant leaders in the White House’s State Dining Room. "He added: “I think it's good. I've heard a lot good stories. And if it's not good, I'll tell you right, I'm not going to get hurt by it." “The president added that he consulted with the White House physician before starting to take the drug.”President Donald Trump’s physician on Monday noted that he concluded with the president that Hydroxychloroquine has a “potential benefit” against coronavirus.(Breitbart, May 18, 2020)
“After numerous discussions, he and I had regarding the evidence for and against the use of Hydroxychloroquine, we concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks,” Commander Sean Conley, DO, USN wrote in a memo released by the White House."
“The survey also found that Hydroxychloroquine, which has been used to treat malaria since the 1950s, was used by 22 percent (1,443 instances) of physicians prophylactically by the first week of April. “Some 277 uses were in high-risk patients, including first-responders, and 100 uses were used in low-risk patients. “Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are antimalarial drugs. No drug should be taken without a doctor's prescription. “In March, the University of Washington and New York University announced an eight-week study that aims to determine whether Hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19.
"A study published in March by French researchers suggested that COVID-19 patients could be treated with antimalarial medication and antibiotics in the battle against the novel coronavirus. "New York state recently started coronavirus drug trials in an attempt to control the pandemic's impact on the state, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who announced the state had acquired 70,000 doses of Hydroxychloroquine, 10,000 doses of zithromax and 750,000 doses of chloroquine. “As of Tuesday morning, more than 2.49 million coronavirus cases have been diagnosed worldwide, more than 787,000 of which are in the U.S., the most impacted country on the planet." It’s not likely that President Trump would be taking Hydroxychloroquine if it was likely that it was going to kill him. Media activists, perhaps some secretly hoping that the president they live to hate will soon be kicking the bucket, should remember the text of a long ago cable sent from London to the press in the United States by Mark Twain after his premature obituary had been published: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Meanwhile, time may prove that the only thing Hydroxychloroquine can kill is Bill Gates’ and Big Pharma’s highly coveted, one-size-fits-all coronavirus vaccine. If so, we’ll never hear the end of it because if that happens, it will all be President Donald Trump’s fault.
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.