How can there not be a COVID-19 thread?

Anyone notice that Trump and Giuliani were treated to a concoction that cured them in 3 days? It requires presidential approval. (What, huh?!) Do you suppose that’s what Trump is now holding over the heads of all his loyal Trumpthuglicans (in addition to the promise of pardons)?
 
Alli said:
Anyone notice that Trump and Giuliani were treated to a concoction that cured them in 3 days? It requires presidential approval. (What, huh?!) Do you suppose that’s what Trump is now holding over the heads of all his loyal Trumpthuglicans (in addition to the promise of pardons)?
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Giuliani was bragging about being a celebrity and getting special treatment.
 
Alli said:
Anyone notice that Trump and Giuliani were treated to a concoction that cured them in 3 days? It requires presidential approval. (What, huh?!) Do you suppose that’s what Trump is now holding over the heads of all his loyal Trumpthuglicans (in addition to the promise of pardons)?
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Biden's pick for head of CDC, Rochelle Walensky, had objected last spring on ethical grounds to how remdesivir was being allocated, e.g. at her hospital they got 1,000 doses but some places in Massachusetts had zero.

Paywalled but more details: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05...sachusetts-government-hospitals-team-up-share

She made inquiries around the state, found more puzzlement about the distribution, and then helped organize a cooperative in the state to redistribute more equitably, after discovering the original allocations were inexplicable even to the hospitals who got some (or, got a lot without expecting so much, etc). Unsurprisingly, questions to Trump's FEMA and HHS went without response, including queries about whether it was even OK to redistribute it.

The Trump admin seems to have driven away so much competence and made it hard for professionals in the agencies to provide good info on a timely basis without having it land in "repackage land" in the Trump-guided PR unit for massaging into something that won't displease Trump or reveal things this admin would rather leave in the dark, stuff at the juncture of private and public sector in particular.
 
Just got this alert on my phone. :(

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In the midst of all this suffering and constantly depressing news, there are one or two silver linings.

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'Fauci Effect' Drives Record Number Of Medical School Applications

The pandemic put a spotlight on health care workers and inspired many to pursue a career in medicine. The record number of applicants comes as the U.S. faces a projected shortage of physicians.
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Stanford University School of Medicine reports a 50% jump in the number of applications, or 11,000 applications for 90 seats. Boston University School of Medicine says applications are up 27%, to 12,024 for about 110 seats.
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"That, I think, may have a lot to do with the fact that people look at Anthony Fauci, look at the doctors in their community and say, 'You know, that is amazing. This is a way for me to make a difference,'" said Kristen Goodell, associate dean of admissions at the school of medicine at BU.
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Medical school admissions officers have started calling this the Fauci Effect.
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Wait! WTF?!

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Even a White House Staffer Is Relying on GoFundMe For Medical Bills, After Covid-19 Related Amputation

President Trump has spent the entirety of the covid-19 pandemic flaunting safety protocols and questioning the importance of masks, knowing full well that his access to exceptional healthcare is all but guaranteed. But those just outside his exclusive circle haven’t been so lucky. Now, after...
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The GoFundMe is steadily creeping up to its $50,000 goal, and will likely be successful as it makes the rounds in the media. Those behind the GoFundMe are dubious as to why Bailey, a public servant, is receiving so much attention when hundreds of thousands of others have stories to tell. The answer is simple: In one of the richest, most powerful nations in the world, a man whose job revolved around keeping the President of the United States safe, cannot afford to pay for medical bills and treatment following complications from a deadly virus that the President of the United States brushed off. It’s a nasty irony as much as it is a cruel reminder that this nation’s dysfunctional health care system often fails the very people it is meant to protect.
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JayMysteri0 said:
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https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1338521154332602368/
She literally admits she knows she is fucking up, when she's proud about NOT wearing a mask, but NOT admitting what hospital she works at!

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I wouldn't make much of it. I have received provably false statements from medical professionals before (completely contradicted the past decade of literature on the topic, in addition to the simple to locate stuff like mayoclinic). There's a distribution to them, just like any other field.

Note that some of the stated benefits extend beyond blocking the virus directly. One of the first reasons given was to avoid any kind of indirect contact between people's faces and basically anything else. Apart from that, early experiments did show large droplets were greatly reduced by the presence of a mask. That was the thing that initially drove the conversation surrounding masks.
 
Alli said:
Anyone notice that Trump and Giuliani were treated to a concoction that cured them in 3 days? It requires presidential approval. (What, huh?!) Do you suppose that’s what Trump is now holding over the heads of all his loyal Trumpthuglicans (in addition to the promise of pardons)?
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They aren't cured in 3 days, they just get care that is unattainable on a large scale. They get IV hydration, neutralizing antibodies aka Regeneron (evidence for their efficacy is lacking, ~$6500), then probably remdesivir (evidence for efficacy is lacking, $3200), and dexamethasone (plenty of evidence of efficacy, dirt cheap). Many respond to dexamethasone like they are handed a can of Monster twice a day. They get earlier care, closer monitoring, and more aggressive treatment than a regular person.
 
SuperMatt said:
We’ve got a vaccine, but this corrupt and incompetent administration can’t even distribute it properly. 70+ million morons thought 4 more years of this would be a good thing?!?!?!?!?

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States were left scrambling after finding out they'd get 20-40% less vaccine than they expected. Here's why.

After some confusion, the source of the problem was clarified Friday night: States were given estimates based on vaccine doses produced, not those that had been OK'd.
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But we knew this, right? To repeat myself, I knew Trump has not been involved in the planning of the vaccination campaign when he threw in a daily vaccination number that would require 4 years for us to reach herd immunity.
 
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