Posted on 05/13/2020 8:43:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
While noting that plans to produce doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidates will be undertaken "at risk," in advance of approval to allow speedy distribution, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, MD, also told members of the US Senate that a vaccine or a treatment is unlikely to be available in the next 3 months.
The idea of having treatments or a vaccine available for the beginning of the fall school term "would be a bit of a bridge too far," Fauci testified via video conference Tuesday before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions meeting about resuming work and school.
The emphasis in the coming months should be on testing, contact tracing, and isolation of those infected with the virus, Fauci said.
Many planned randomized trials to test the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine or related drugs for preventing COVID-19 do not incorporate ECG assessment, according to an analysis of the posted designs of several dozen studies.
Because the medications are documented to potentially induce lengthening of the corrected QT interval (QTc), the cardiac arrhythmia researcher who conducted the analysis at the end of April recommends initial ECG screening to exclude people at the highest risk of developing a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia, and monitoring to flag people who achieve a dangerous QTc interval on treatment.
"It is not only inexplicable, but also inexcusable that clinical investigators would dare to include healthy individuals in a clinical trial involving QT-prolonging medications without bothering to screen their electrocardiogram," said another expert.
The number of people seeking stroke treatment dropped 39% in a 2-week period from late March through early April compared with prepandemic levels, researchers report. The investigators saw the decrease in stroke evaluations across all ages, sexes, and stroke severities, as well as across different geographic regions and a range of hospital volumes.
"I was very surprised by the magnitude of the decline. One of the reasons that hospitals reduced elective care was to maintain availability of hospital resources to treat COVID-19 and other critical conditions like stroke," the lead author said.
Pediatric vaccinations decreased sharply after the national emergency was declared on March 13, researchers found when they compared weekly orders for federally funded vaccines from early January to mid-April with those during the same period last year. They noted a cumulative COVID-19-related decline of 2.5 million doses in orders for routine noninfluenza pediatric childhood vaccines recommended by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Scientists have begun investigating whether human genetic factors might play a role in COVID-19, WebMD Health News reports.
"There's reason to believe — like with almost all other diseases we've tried to go after — that genetics will impact it to some degree," says Carlos Bustamante, PhD, a professor of genetics at Stanford University and a member of the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, an international consortium of genetics researchers. "The question, of course, is how do you translate that into treatment or improving outcomes in infected patients?"
There's emerging evidence that vitamin D deficiency may be relevant to the risk of developing COVID-19 and the severity of the disease, JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, comments in Medscape. She and colleagues are planning a randomized clinical trial of vitamin D supplementation in moderate-to-high doses to learn more.
Yes they do, you liars.
How do you account for this article:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/930382
TITLE: Many Hydroxychloroquine COVID-19 Prophylaxis Trials Lack ECG Screening
Sounds like he is saying the was right but the patient died. No one is as blind as those who chose not to see. Anecdotal evidence is not sufficient, why not Fu.cie,
given you say there is no viable therapy or vaccine to be available through the fall, at best. I’ll take my chances with it.
Claiiming that Vitamin D seems to be helpful, despite zero peer-review? Still okay. Use of a 65 year old medication with known side effects and risks and plenty of experiential evidence that it works, no.
Partisan Media Shills update.
Safety of the drug has already been done and while the Q-T period is altered, this has not been associated with an immediate life-threatening cardiac event when properly dosed. Certainly under the care of an ICU team or a personal physician, this will be monitored. Millions and millions of people have taken HCL for long periods of time with no severe adverse event.
[[recommends initial ECG screening to exclude people at the highest risk of developing a life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia,]]
Well DUH- isn’t that what doctors do for ANY medication that ‘could have side effects’ that affect the heart or other conditions or organs? Weed out the ones that are highest risk?
How many have died while on HCQ? And remember folks- this is a very short course of HCQ- 5-7 days in the early stages or so- We’re not talking long term drugs here- and everyone taking it be watched to see if any symptoms crop up- so that immediate action can be taken to stop the drug if they do- it’s not like they will off in some remote mountaintop, down in a cave- buried inside, where medical can’t get to them if a problem arises-
They continue to claim that dying is safer than Hydroxychloroqine.
[[Anecdotal evidence is not sufficient,]]
It is when it’s so overwhelming that there is no longer any doubt as to how well or not something works- There comes a point where the evidence presents enough facts to prove a ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ case that it works or it doesn’t work-
They can only discount anecdotal evidence for just so long- at some point it becomes clear there is a pattern of effectiveness or lack of, that must be taken seriously-
And pushing that relatively healthy people who contract the virus are dropping like flies.
And pushing that relatively healthy people who contract the virus are dropping like flies.
I wonder who’s version of “relatively” we are utilizing?
[[Millions and millions of people have taken HCL for long periods of time with no severe adverse event.]]
Exactly- and that fact has established the safety of this drug- liek you said- this drug will be given —short term only— in most cases, and monitored for any negative effects-
Aspirin causes deaths- this has been established- and it is very risky- far more risky than HCQ apparently because i can’t find info about how many have died while on HCQ- but there is plenty of evidence of people bleeding to death while taking aspirin- with aspirin there is an estimated 1% chance of death- what is the % for HCQ? I’ll bet it is way way lower-
Hydroxychloroquine may cause a prolonged QT? So can Lasix, Valium, Tramadol, Biaxin, Imipramine and any number of common meds that I don’t hear calls for ECGs when using.
When Dr. Robin Armstrong successfully used Hydroxychloroquine on his nursing home patients in Texas, he actually monitored their EKG.
See here:
(EXCERPT)
One of the concerns about hypodroxychloroquine is that used in combination with the antibiotic azithromycin, it could cause heart rhythm problems and have serious implications for people with heart disease. Armstrong said electrocardiogram, or EKG, tests, which measure electric signals in the heart, have not shown such issues.
“The biggest side effect that most people were concerned about, at least that I’ve heard, appears to not have been happening,” Armstrong said. “So that’s a great development for them. I’m happy about that.”
The QTc interval danger has been addressed with nearly all of it shown to be fabricated hyperbole.
ECGs are taken so the statement they are not is untrue.
Hydroxychloroquine prescriptions explode in France (French are going full on HCQ)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexledsom/2020/05/10/hydroxychloroquinenumber-of-prescriptions-explode-in-france/
Tell it to the many doctors who have used HCQ with success.
-Fauxi 2005. NIH Scientists Conceal Millions in Royalties for Experimental Treatments
-Fauxi’s 15 deadly mistakes and contradictions
-Fauxi and Birx used fraudulent Imperial College model to urge shut down
-Modeler had to resign in disgrace
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/professor-lockdown-modeler-resigns-in-disgrace/
-Fauxi later reverses and says we can’t rely on models
https://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/04/03/fauci-we-cant-really-rely-on-models/ ;
-Fauxi has numerous conflicts of interest
https://newswithviews.com/dr-fauci-and-dr-birx-have-a-record-of-medical-failure/
-Fauxi has long history of fraud
http://www.americanfreedomunion.com/dr-faucis-long-criminal-history/
https://www.coreysdigs.com/law-order/when-the-masks-went-on-their-masks-came-off/
-Fauxi fired researcher that exposed his vaccines were spreading chronic diseases
-Fauxi is Hillary loyalist
-Fauxi promised AIDS Vaccine and has yet to deliver
https://newswithviews.com/dr-fauci-and-dr-birx-have-a-record-of-medical-failure/
-Scarf Queen falsified data on HIV research
https://truepundit.com/dod-leak-feds-investigated-birx-fabricated-falsified-hiv-aids-vaccine-trials/
- Fauxi knew hydroxyxhloroquine could both cure and prevent corona viruses in 2005. Passive aggressive on HCQ in 2020. Intentional?
-”Fauxi” praised use of hydroxychloroquine in 2013 to treat the MERS corona virus. Risky drug in 2020?
-Fauxi funded research grants to Wuhan lab to fund virus research that was illegal in the U.S.
-Fauxi in 2017: President Trump Will Be Challenged By a “Surprise Global Disease Outbreak”. What did he know?
-Despite his 2017 prediction, Fauxi unprepared for 2020 pandemic. By design?
-In Jan 2020 interview, he said, “... this is not something that the citizens of the United States right now should be worried about.” - intentional?
https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/03/flashback-fauci-coronavirus-us-threat-trump/
-Fauxi caught on video flip flopping on severity of the virus
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=59a0uGIFZGY
-Fauxi said masks do not work.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preventing-coronavirus-facemask-60-minutes-2020-03-08/
-Fauxi in February said malls, gyms and movie theaters were OK. Make us more vulnerable?
-Fauxi in March said Americans cruises were OK. Catch us with guard down?
-Fauci on CNN Easter Sunday suggested President Trump should have shut down the country in February
-Fauxi exaggerated need for Hospital beds
-Fauxi is front man for Big Pharma, pushing expensive new drugs that require tests and trials rather than inexpensive proven cures like HCQ+zinc+zpack that have been around for decades. More time to let the virus spread?
-Fauxi delaying tests of vaccines and cures
-Fauxi agenda is mandated vaccines to benefit Big Pharma and Bill Gates.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/8/anthony-fauci-sets-stage-mandatory-vaccine/
-Fauxi 100% wrong with exaggerated models
-Fauxi longtime relationship with corrupt WHO director, a communist-globalist with terrorist ties, who covers for the CCP
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/fauci-who-head-really-outstanding-person
-Fauxi endorses Tinder hookups
https://nypost.com/2020/04/15/fauci-endorses-tinder-hookups-with-a-caveat/
-Fauxi plotted ‘Global Vaccine Action Plan’ with depopulation advocate Bill Gates, pushing panic and doubts about HCQ. Big Pharma $$$s.
- Fauxi, May 2020 told National Geographic the virus did not originate in Chinese Lab.
-Fauxi wrong again on State of Georgia reopening
-Dr Birx now believes CDC inflating death numbers by as much as 25%. distancing herself?
-First Case in US Treated with Remdesivir was January – Two Weeks Later China Was Mass Producing the Drug – The Firm Gilead Sciences and Dr. Fauci Are In the Middle
As you can see, Fauxi has numerous conflicts of interest, including his constant promotion of remdesivir.
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