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Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:24 pm Here is another:
“Hydroxychloroquine may cause some people to be agitated, irritable, or display other abnormal behaviors. It may also cause some people to have suicidal thoughts and tendencies, or to become more depressed. If you or your caregiver notice any of these side effects, tell your doctor right away.“

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supple ... 064216?p=1

Peter Brown wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:17 pm In the "very good news that the media manages to ignore" (now why would that be! ), please behold the national testing increase and positivity rate decline (you should know this information to hold informed dialogue with anyone on the Covid matter):


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My real question is this: are progressives less Intelligent because they listen to the media, or are they simply less intelligent?

Brooklyn wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 4:58 pm

holmes435 wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 5:01 pm

youthathletics wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 3:48 pm Interesting....

Source on all those numbers? The financial stuff (not to mention how much tax is actually collected as Texas has pretty high property taxes among other things) seems to be way off according to the state of Texas, so I'm a bit wary on the rest.

Texas & Florida budgets balanced instead of in debt? Says who?

https://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt- ... clock.html

https://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt- ... clock.html

Brooklyn wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 4:58 pm

wgdsr wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 7:19 pm




Source on all those numbers? The financial stuff (not to mention how much tax is actually collected as Texas has pretty high property taxes among other things) seems to be way off according to the state of Texas, so I'm a bit wary on the rest.

Texas & Florida budgets balanced instead of in debt? Says who?

https://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt- ... clock.html

https://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt- ... clock.html

ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 8:08 pm
i think there's an issue with the chart (other than the misspelling of mortality). line 3 compares a deficient budget against a debt owed.

Brooklyn wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 9:27 pm

ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 8:08 pm
i think there's an issue with the chart (other than the misspelling of mortality). line 3 compares a deficient budget against a debt owed.

The chart also missed the fact that TexASS's former governor threatened secession until Obama bailed out that state's sorry butts thereby ending its deficit.

njbill wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 6:24 pm When we got to malaria, they said there were several drugs I could take to prevent it. One was HCQ but they recommended against it due to side effects. They mentioned nightmares and hallucinations. Don't recall any mention of heart issues. I was told HCQ was an old drug and that there were other, newer and better drugs, with fewer side effects. So I went with one of the newer drugs.

njbill wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 11:12 pm No, I’m not sure. Fair point. What I am sure of is that the couple of newer drugs they recommended were not HCQ.

I’m not sure that the adverse side effects (especially the serious ones) from chloroquine and HCQ are different. I simply don’t know one way or the other.

I’m only familiar from what I have read and heard in the media. From that, it appears the drug is prescribed for those conditions because of the trade-offs. The conditions can be serious and the benefits of the drug to treat these conditions outweigh the possible side effects. Pretty much the same calculus as when any drug is prescribed. It doesn’t seem to me that the cost/benefit calculus is the same as it is for those conditions when dispensing the drug to someone who does not have COVID-19.

old salt wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 5:09 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 1:24 pm Here is another:
“Hydroxychloroquine may cause some people to be agitated, irritable, or display other abnormal behaviors. It may also cause some people to have suicidal thoughts and tendencies, or to become more depressed. If you or your caregiver notice any of these side effects, tell your doctor right away.“

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supple ... 064216?p=1

The same warning applies to reading your posts.

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 6:42 am https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... eaders-and

I would have to say God has a sick sense of humor. You would think he would grant all of his believers special protection status? When you need all the sheep you can get, why allow your flock to be killed off?

God Will Save Me

A terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.

A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”

The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”

As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”

The floodwaters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”

The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.

A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, "Grab my hand and I will pull you up!" But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”

Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned.

When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”

And God said, “Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?”

Catbird wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 7:06 am

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 6:42 am https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... eaders-and

I would have to say God has a sick sense of humor. You would think he would grant all of his believers special protection status? When you need all the sheep you can get, why allow your flock to be killed off?

Hm... I wonder who could have seen this kind of stuff coming?

Reminds me of this...

God Will Save Me

A terrible storm came into a town and local officials sent out an emergency warning that the riverbanks would soon overflow and flood the nearby homes. They ordered everyone in the town to evacuate immediately.

A faithful Christian man heard the warning and decided to stay, saying to himself, “I will trust God and if I am in danger, then God will send a divine miracle to save me.”

The neighbors came by his house and said to him, “We’re leaving and there is room for you in our car, please come with us!” But the man declined. “I have faith that God will save me.”

As the man stood on his porch watching the water rise up the steps, a man in a canoe paddled by and called to him, “Hurry and come into my canoe, the waters are rising quickly!” But the man again said, “No thanks, God will save me.”

The floodwaters rose higher pouring water into his living room and the man had to retreat to the second floor. A police motorboat came by and saw him at the window. “We will come up and rescue you!” they shouted. But the man refused, waving them off saying, “Use your time to save someone else! I have faith that God will save me!”

The flood waters rose higher and higher and the man had to climb up to his rooftop.

A helicopter spotted him and dropped a rope ladder. A rescue officer came down the ladder and pleaded with the man, "Grab my hand and I will pull you up!" But the man STILL refused, folding his arms tightly to his body. “No thank you! God will save me!”

Shortly after, the house broke up and the floodwaters swept the man away and he drowned.

When in Heaven, the man stood before God and asked, “I put all of my faith in You. Why didn’t You come and save me?”

And God said, “Son, I sent you a warning. I sent you a car. I sent you a canoe. I sent you a motorboat. I sent you a helicopter. What more were you looking for?”

And also this...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:37 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:32 pm I don’t disagree that the drugs Trump takes or doesn’t take should be at the direction of his doctor, not us keyboard pounders on FanLax.

But, given all of the surrounding circumstances, I think the American public has the right to know why HCQ has been prescribed for Trump. I have not seen anything to suggest that physicians should be giving the drug to anyone merely as a prophylactic.

So why is Trumps getting it? Does he have Covid-19?

If the drug is being (arguably improperly) prescribed for him as a prophylactic, that is certainly something the American public has a right to know.

(Course I’m not ruling out the possibility that he is simply lying about it.)

You mean it doesn’t stop a person from contracting the virus?

6ftstick wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 8:59 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:37 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:32 pm I don’t disagree that the drugs Trump takes or doesn’t take should be at the direction of his doctor, not us keyboard pounders on FanLax.

But, given all of the surrounding circumstances, I think the American public has the right to know why HCQ has been prescribed for Trump. I have not seen anything to suggest that physicians should be giving the drug to anyone merely as a prophylactic.

So why is Trumps getting it? Does he have Covid-19?

If the drug is being (arguably improperly) prescribed for him as a prophylactic, that is certainly something the American public has a right to know.

(Course I’m not ruling out the possibility that he is simply lying about it.)

You mean it doesn’t stop a person from contracting the virus?

I really can't comprehend the resistance to something that works. Real humans are alive today for taking it.

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 9:43 am

6ftstick wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 8:59 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:37 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:32 pm I don’t disagree that the drugs Trump takes or doesn’t take should be at the direction of his doctor, not us keyboard pounders on FanLax.

But, given all of the surrounding circumstances, I think the American public has the right to know why HCQ has been prescribed for Trump. I have not seen anything to suggest that physicians should be giving the drug to anyone merely as a prophylactic.

So why is Trumps getting it? Does he have Covid-19?

If the drug is being (arguably improperly) prescribed for him as a prophylactic, that is certainly something the American public has a right to know.

(Course I’m not ruling out the possibility that he is simply lying about it.)

You mean it doesn’t stop a person from contracting the virus?

I really can't comprehend the resistance to something that works. Real humans are alive today for taking it.

So, the FDA is wrong, and all the scientists saying there's insufficient basis to make such a claim are all wrong too?

You know better?

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 9:43 am

6ftstick wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 8:59 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:37 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:32 pm I don’t disagree that the drugs Trump takes or doesn’t take should be at the direction of his doctor, not us keyboard pounders on FanLax.

But, given all of the surrounding circumstances, I think the American public has the right to know why HCQ has been prescribed for Trump. I have not seen anything to suggest that physicians should be giving the drug to anyone merely as a prophylactic.

So why is Trumps getting it? Does he have Covid-19?

If the drug is being (arguably improperly) prescribed for him as a prophylactic, that is certainly something the American public has a right to know.

(Course I’m not ruling out the possibility that he is simply lying about it.)

You mean it doesn’t stop a person from contracting the virus?

I really can't comprehend the resistance to something that works. Real humans are alive today for taking it.

So, the FDA is wrong, and all the scientists saying there's insufficient basis to make such a claim are all wrong too?

You know better?

6ftstick wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 9:59 am

MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 9:43 am

6ftstick wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 8:59 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:37 pm

njbill wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 2:32 pm I don’t disagree that the drugs Trump takes or doesn’t take should be at the direction of his doctor, not us keyboard pounders on FanLax.

But, given all of the surrounding circumstances, I think the American public has the right to know why HCQ has been prescribed for Trump. I have not seen anything to suggest that physicians should be giving the drug to anyone merely as a prophylactic.

So why is Trumps getting it? Does he have Covid-19?

If the drug is being (arguably improperly) prescribed for him as a prophylactic, that is certainly something the American public has a right to know.

(Course I’m not ruling out the possibility that he is simply lying about it.)

You mean it doesn’t stop a person from contracting the virus?

I really can't comprehend the resistance to something that works. Real humans are alive today for taking it.

So, the FDA is wrong, and all the scientists saying there's insufficient basis to make such a claim are all wrong too?

You know better?

Irrelevant what the FDA says in this instance The drugs approved for human use and can be prescribed off label.

MANY MANY folks say they thought they were going to die and they took the drug as a last resort. It worked.

So why do you protest so about it.

Unproven supplements like Prevagen (Made from jellyfish! With a hard to pronounce crucial ingredient!) utilize a facade of "proven benefits" and succeed by promoting themselves as science-backed on radio, television, and the internet.

The JAMA article notes that this industry thrives due to the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer's disease, and its lack of effective treatments.

Consumers, it goes on to say, who are intent on finding methods to prevent dementia need to know three things:

There is no known dietary supplement that prevents cognitive decline for dementia.
Supplements do not undergo FDA testing for safety or review for efficacy.
Some supplements may cause harm. For example, vitamin E increases risk of hemorrhagic stroke and, in high doses, increases risk of death.

The Facade of Science-Backed Research

Companies like Quincy Bioscience, the maker of Prevagen, utilize sophisticated techniques that supply false scientific backing for brain health interventions.

The website for Prevagen states "Prevagen improves memory" and "has been clinically shown to help with mild memory loss associated with aging."

As the JAMA articled pointed out, these bogus brain supplement companies quote scientific articles that appear valid but lack essential features such as "sufficient participant characterization, treatment randomization and fail to include limitations." These bad papers are often published in predatory open-access journals.

In the case of Prevagen, despite marketing that includes "The Science Behind Prevagen," there isn't even a single study published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature -- predatory or otherwise.

If you click on the "View the Study" link you will be taken to a PDF of the "Madison Memory Study," which is a study sponsored by Quincy Bioscience, performed by an employee of Quincy Bioscience and published in-house by Quincy Bioscience.

In the world of real science, this type of study is ignored and considered extremely preliminary until it is reproduced by a reputable unbiased scientific lab and published in a peer-reviewed journal. The chances for biased results are way too high to trust.