I suspect that there's going to be a Randy Shilts-like figure who'll, decades from now (because they sure as shit won't get published these days lol), write all about it, and of course, the aging leftards will be spitting at them just like they did on Randy when he called out the leftards of his time who were deliberately obstructing initiatives aimed at curbing that pandemic.
Chinese doctors discovered that chloroquine phosphate was effective in vitro (i.e. a test tube) against the novel coronavirus.
The Chinese conducted a limited trial, and found that patients were recovering faster.
French doctors heard about the Chinese trial, and tried hydroxychloroquine (because it is usually tolerated better by humans) in a limited trial.
For a subset of their patients in the trial, the French also added azithromycin, because azithromycin had been found to be effective in vitro against the Zika and Ebola viruses.
All of this was going on behind the scenes, and Trump's medical advisors would have known about it.
I didn't forget it. I simply explained the history.
The US didn't invent this treatment, and we weren't the first to apply it. But, most discoveries build on others.
I'm glad to see wide scale usage. But, it would have happened anyway. Any doctor that was paying attention knew about the success of that treatment.
Capitalism is great in that way: it doesn't require a command decision by government. Teva and Mylan would have recognized the need and cranked up their production lines.
The same thing happened with testing: the CDC didn't create the huge increase in throughput. It's from private labs and automated lab equipment manufacturers like Roche and Cepheid.
The Trump administration's biggest contribution is staying out of the way. Previous administrations would have insisted on following some sort of master plan.
Because both drugs are now in the generic manufacturing. No scientific testing to get federal $$$ for, no fancy name and patents to get obscene profits off of.
^^^THIS^^^
You can't possibly actually believe this. This treatment if effective, simply gives us a WEAPON in the war. There's still a war.
I suspect that there's going to be a Randy Shilts-like figure who'll, decades from now (because they sure as shit won't get published these days lol), write all about it, and of course, the aging leftards will be spitting at them just like they did on Randy when he called out the leftards of his time who were deliberately obstructing initiatives aimed at curbing that pandemic.
It was series of discoveries:
All of this was going on behind the scenes, and Trump's medical advisors would have known about it.
And then Trump rammed it into mass production against huge bureaucratic inertia and media opposition.
Somehow you always forget that part.
I didn't forget it. I simply explained the history.
The US didn't invent this treatment, and we weren't the first to apply it. But, most discoveries build on others.
I'm glad to see wide scale usage. But, it would have happened anyway. Any doctor that was paying attention knew about the success of that treatment.
Capitalism is great in that way: it doesn't require a command decision by government. Teva and Mylan would have recognized the need and cranked up their production lines.
The same thing happened with testing: the CDC didn't create the huge increase in throughput. It's from private labs and automated lab equipment manufacturers like Roche and Cepheid.
The Trump administration's biggest contribution is staying out of the way. Previous administrations would have insisted on following some sort of master plan.
Yes
Stable genius
He didn't solve it - he merely brought to light a known solution Big Pharma is keeping under wraps. No profits in it for them...
How is it no profits for them if it's their drugs though?
Because both drugs are now in the generic manufacturing. No scientific testing to get federal $$$ for, no fancy name and patents to get obscene profits off of.
Ah gotcha! Very nice indeed lol. What a big FU.