29 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

Did he actually say it was a cure? I don't think he did. He said it was a promising treatment.

It has now been proven it’s not even a promising treatment. Could have save him a lot of controversies if he just leave the science related matters to the scientist. 

3 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

You really believe Trump got all excited over a $1500 investment that he probably did not even know about?

We will know when he reveal his tax returns. 

2 minutes ago, pmarlin said:

Why do you have to make this political.  

Don’t see that as political but rather ethical responsibility of any leader to be disciplined and truthful. 

5 minutes ago, pmarlin said:

A very small study, Less than 100 elderly veterans.  Several large studies are going on now on this some with thousands. That is why almost all major news outlets ignored this story.  Before jumping to conclusions better to wait and see.

Trump should have follow your advise and not promote the drug before studies are completed. Really not late for him to correct himself but alas he just not that kind of person. 

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

Reuters...

FOX

https://www.foxnews.com/science/hydroxychloroquine-does-not-clear-coronavirus-but-can-alleviate-symptoms-study-says

11 minutes ago, ThaiFelix said:

Trump wouldnt have a clue, he still thinks we need "smarter" antibiotics to wipe out the virus or thinks we only need to just surround the airports lol!

Really a bad time to have a President who react purely on his own impulse. The withdrawing of WHO fundings have an impact on the development of vaccines. WHO has been active in the field of biological standardization, bringing together scientists and policy makers on a global scale to find consensus approaches to the development, testing and regulatory oversight of vaccines. They also developed international standardization to ensure quality and equivalence across manufacturers. If US is not a member, they have much more to lose. 

Saudi and other Arab countries can only turn their attention to China which is well positioned to act as white knight. They can easily take over Aramco with their large sovereign fund and they have the largest influence on demand. Will the SA stay faithful to the petro dollar or abandon for petro yuan. Will be a disaster if petro dollar be the sacrificial lamb and big woes for the dollar position and US economy. 

I hope Navarro know that the largest companies that have the production capacities to ramp up large quantity, cheap and fast are in China. I also hope Trump realized by now that vaccine quality for international procurement are assured by WHO through a series of prequalihication requirements. A stamp of approval by WHO is required to assure that the vaccines are safe, effective and of high quality and thus recommended for bulk purchase. So much to say about those uncontrollable free wheeling loud mouths in the WH. 

China, Germany, UAE and Turkey have sent medical suppliers and experts to Iran even without Iran asking for it. That is how civilized leaders will behave to deliver humanitarian assistance to save lives and alleviate sufferings. 

These 2,500 protestors should be corralled and be test candidates for finding out whether herd immunity work. 

3 hours ago, keith101 said:

Ignorant Trumpers

Show how dangerous it is for leaders to send wrong messaging to the people. Certainly the protestors were emboldened by the encouragement from Trump. 

1 hour ago, TommyBlue said:

I wonder if after all this Covid political problems that the media and liberals are causing to Trump, that if he is re-elected in November that the media and the liberals will accept that the people have decided that they are wrong. Will they then take the next step to admit that they should really just accept the people's decision and let it go until 2024. That is what most of us conservatives did when Obama was in the Office - we accepted the decision - we didnt like it or him - but we accepted it.

 

I think you are so wrong. Trump has the biggest microphone and daily briefing and have used those opportunities for political attacks. People just react to his political attacks. He should be a nation unifier, speak the facts and vacate the podium to the medical experts. Look at Greece, Spain, UK, Germany etc in the article below and see how their leaders allowed science to be the forefront while their leaders step back. He thinks he is above the law and got him into constitution problems that has plagued him since his inauguration. He created his own problems with his disregard to the law abetted by his lackeys. 

https://theintercept.com/2020/04/10/trumps-ridiculously-political-briefings-pandemic-unique-democratic-world/

7 minutes ago, J Town said:

Just today Florida opened up one of its beaches with a request for all to practice social distancing which of course the beach goers largely ignored. Let's see if that works out better than South Dakota, currently the fastest growing Covid-19 outbreak site in the world (the Republican governor there is still refusing to issue a stay-at-home order).

Most of the Red States that trusted Trump and followed his idiotic disregard for science are experiencing big spike; North and South Dakota included. 

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/15/coronavirus-hot-spots-farm-belt-189272