I have talked about media bias and fake news here on many occasions. PDJT’s rally in Tulsa on Saturday has given us a new opportunity to see just how biased most of the media are.
Multiple media sources have announced that dexamethasone (DMS), a steroid, significantly reduces the risk of death in patients with severe respiratory complications. This is based on a study done in the UK. Results are expected to be published shortly. DMS is cheap, on the shelf and could be used to help patients worldwide now.
Once again the experts found themselves out of the ballpark when it came to predicting the state of manufacturing in America. Arched eyebrows are becoming “the thing” among economic experts. These numbers will give Nobel laureate Paul Krugman another opportunity to suggest that the numbers are fake.
After three months of broad weakness brought on by COVID-19 business shutdowns/slowdowns, the Manufacturing Index surged 48 points to a reading of negative 0.2 up from negative 48.5 in May.
You won’t read about this in the NYTimes. On June 2nd, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit, AAPS v. FDA, against the Food and Drug Administration to end its arbitrary interference with the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)
HCQ has been approved as safe by the FDA for 65 years, and the CDC states on its website that “CDC has no limits on the use of hydroxychloroquine for the prevention of malaria.” It has been used in more than 400 FDA-approved clinical trials.
Some time back the prestigious British medical journal Lancet published a “study” that claimed there was increased mortality among patients taking the drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for the Wuhan virus. This was a stunning publication at the time.
HCQ is a commonly prescribed drug for a host of aliments. These include malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. It is often prescribed as a prophylactic for people who are going to travel to areas where malaria might be present. Its side effects are well known and understood. It is an inherently safe drug for the vast majority of people.
The thought police have returned to the floor of the US Senate. Leave it to one of the weakest minds in the Senate to come up with yet another worthless resolution to scold and control us deplorables. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), relative of Jussie Smollett, introduced a resolution that would malign people as racists if they used the term “Chinese Virus” or “Wuhan Flu.” This ignores the fact that Chinese state media outlets routinely referred to the coronavirus by these names. It was only when the backlash from the rest of the world reached epic levels that China tried to change the conversation.
The MSM has been on a jihad trying to discredit the drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a treatment for the Wuhan virus. The fact that doctors from the east coast to the west coast have been reporting high success rates is not material to these people. They would rather see people die (and cheer their deaths) than admit the PDJT was right about HCQ.
The treatment protocol is the #1 choice for doctors around the world. India, which has the world’s largest production facilities for the drug, has a death rate of 0.6%, one of the lowest in the world.
In the ancient history of the Chinese virus, (that would be a couple of months ago) New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo was the media darling. Cuomo was on cable midday news everyday. The bobbleheads gushed over his handling of the crisis.
The New York Times’ Ben Smith wrote, “The governor has emerged as the executive best suited for the coronavirus crisis.” Carl Bernstein told CNN that Cuomo has demonstrated “real leadership of the kind the president of the United States should have provided to the American people throughout this crisis, but hasn’t.”
On the other end of the spectrum is Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis. DeSantis was blasted by the media for his approach. According to the Miami Herald, “Gov. Ron DeSantis is working overtime to preserve our status as the world’s leading exporter of political comedy.”
The Herald went on to note that while there is no manual for how to handle this threat, DeSantis should contact certain Democratic governors who appeared to be decisive and right on top of the issue. These included Cuomo of New York.
Dr. Stephen Smith, MD is a widely respected, infectious disease specialist in East Orange, NJ and has been practicing for 31 years. He graduated from Yale University in 1989 and specializes in infectious disease medicine. Dr. Smith is a former research scientist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Last month Dr. Smith briefed PDJT on the promise of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as a treatment for COVID-19, calling it a “game changer.” This led to PDJT embracing the drug as a possible effective treatment. The fact that HCQ was being used successfully in other countries had been noted by the media. However, once PDJT endorsed its possible use, the media immediately closed ranks and tried to portray PDJT as anti-science and needlessly putting people’s lives at risk.
The following chart is in a letter to the Governor of Arizona from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). It presents an updated table of studies that report on the results of treating COVID-19 with the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, Plaquenil®). The summary page is presented below. The full report can be found here.