Dem rep says hydroxychloroquine, Trump helped save her life amid COVID-19 fight

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A Democratic state representative from Detroit is crediting hydroxychloroquine — and Republican President Donald Trump who touted the drug — for saving her in her battle with the coronavirus.

State Rep. Karen Whitsett, who learned Monday she has tested positive for COVID-19, said she started taking hydroxychloroquine on March 31, prescribed by her doctor, after both she and her husband sought treatment for a range of symptoms on March 18.

"It was less than two hours" before she started to feel relief, said Whitsett, who had experienced shortness of breath, swollen lymph nodes, and what felt like a sinus infection. She is still experiencing headaches, she said.

Whitsett said she was familiar with "the wonders" of hydroxychloroquine from an earlier bout with Lyme disease, but does not believe she would have thought to ask for it, or her doctor would have prescribed it, had Trump not been touting it as a possible treatment for COVID-19.

Trump, at his daily coronavirus briefings, has repeatedly touted the drug in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin, despite criticism from health professionals that it is unproven and potentially dangerous. There have also been complaints that Trump's remarks have resulted in a shortage of the drug for those people who normally use it for its recommended purposes.

But Whitsett said Trump's comments helped in her case.

"It has a lot to do with the president ... bringing it up," Whitsett said. "He is the only person who has the power to make it a priority."

Asked whether she thinks Trump may have saved her life, Whitsett said: "Yes, I do," and "I do thank him for that."

Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent and treat malaria and also used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, among other ailments.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...mp/2955430001/

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As of today hydroxychloroquine treatment for Covid 19 is no longer anecdotal. A couple big hospitals are touting it. So far they've
noticed that out of every single one their hundreds of patients with Lupas (who all get hydroxychloroquine treatment) NONE have contracted
Covid 19 except for one who got a mild case because the patient admitted he hasn't been taking his medication on a proper schedule
for some time now.

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A Democratic state representative from Detroit is crediting hydroxychloroquine — and Republican President Donald Trump who touted the drug — for saving her in her battle with the coronavirus.

State Rep. Karen Whitsett, who learned Monday she has tested positive for COVID-19, said she started taking hydroxychloroquine on March 31, prescribed by her doctor, after both she and her husband sought treatment for a range of symptoms on March 18.

"It was less than two hours" before she started to feel relief, said Whitsett, who had experienced shortness of breath, swollen lymph nodes, and what felt like a sinus infection. She is still experiencing headaches, she said.

Whitsett said she was familiar with "the wonders" of hydroxychloroquine from an earlier bout with Lyme disease, but does not believe she would have thought to ask for it, or her doctor would have prescribed it, had Trump not been touting it as a possible treatment for COVID-19.

Trump, at his daily coronavirus briefings, has repeatedly touted the drug in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin, despite criticism from health professionals that it is unproven and potentially dangerous. There have also been complaints that Trump's remarks have resulted in a shortage of the drug for those people who normally use it for its recommended purposes.

But Whitsett said Trump's comments helped in her case.

"It has a lot to do with the president ... bringing it up," Whitsett said. "He is the only person who has the power to make it a priority."

Asked whether she thinks Trump may have saved her life, Whitsett said: "Yes, I do," and "I do thank him for that."

Hydroxychloroquine is used to prevent and treat malaria and also used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, among other ailments.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...mp/2955430001/

"It was less than two hours before she started to feel relief," it is a miracle drug, two hours after taking it, shazam, she's cured, sounds a little too fishy

And the right's obsession with the drug is getting comical, Trump purposely floats the idea and now, even though the medical community currently does not see it as a cure all, they are promoting it as the antidote. Next week if Trump, with his "gut," feels bathing in piss helps cure the virus all the Trumpkins will be here promoting such as the cure

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As of today hydroxychloroquine treatment for Covid 19 is no longer anecdotal. A couple big hospitals are touting it. So far they've
noticed that out of every single one their hundreds of patients with Lupas (who all get hydroxychloroquine treatment) NONE have contracted
Covid 19 except for one who got a mild case because the patient admitted he hasn't been taking his medication on a proper schedule
for some time now.

Not to be a cynic, but document for us where "a couple big hospitals are touting it"

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Not to be a cynic, but document for us where "a couple big hospitals are touting it"

https://www.mlive.com/public-interes...treatment.html
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued emergency authorization to distribute hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to states through the Strategic National Stockpile. Commercial drug makers Sandoz and Bayer Pharmaceuticals donated a combined 31 million doses of the drug to the federal stockpile, while other companies began to increase production of the medication."
"Some" think it's worth trying....do you disagree?

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Cedar Sinai for one. Forgot the other.........heard it on a news blip on the radio. Been working all day. I and I'm sure others will be Googling about it now or later to get a full story.
The stuff works!

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https://www.mlive.com/public-interes...treatment.html
"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sunday issued emergency authorization to distribute hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to states through the Strategic National Stockpile. Commercial drug makers Sandoz and Bayer Pharmaceuticals donated a combined 31 million doses of the drug to the federal stockpile, while other companies began to increase production of the medication."
"Some" think it's worth trying....do you disagree?

LMAO

Dr. Marcus Zervos, division head of infectious diseases at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, said a majority of COVID-19 patients hospitalized at Henry Ford Health Systems facilities were prescribed hydroxychloroquine during the last three weeks. Zervos said the drug, an arthritis medicine also used to treat malaria, isn’t seen as a “miracle cure" but has shown some success in managing a virus that currently has no remedy.

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LMAO

OK...
"Zervos said the drug, an arthritis medicine also used to treat malaria, isn’t seen as a “miracle cure" but has shown some success in managing a virus that currently has no remedy." If it helps at all, why not?

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OK...
"Zervos said the drug, an arthritis medicine also used to treat malaria, isn’t seen as a “miracle cure" but has shown some success in managing a virus that currently has no remedy."

Hardly a 'tout'.

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Hardly a 'tout'.

Why not? If it's effective or helpful?

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Why not? If it's effective or helpful?

Nobody is making that claim yet.


tout¹

/tout/r definitn
verb

• 1.
  attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner.

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Nobody is making that claim yet.


tout¹

/tout/r definitn
verb

• 1.
  attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner.

Keep looking at the definition

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Keep looking at the definition

No need. You lied. You got caught. Move along to your next lie.

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Calm down people, this is embarrassing. You Trumptards are always posting more with words seeking vindication on this topic than anything. I'd call that a reveling trait you might want to just shut your yap over. If this was just being desperate because you're scared without a cure I'd have a little more understanding.

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No need. You lied. You got caught. Move along to your next lie.

Definition of tout

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transitive verb
1 : to make much of : promote, talk up