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Trump Offers Boris Coronavirus Drugs Not Available Through British Health Provider
By James Delingpole, Breitbart, April 7, 2020:
President Trump is so worried about the health of Prime Minister Boris Johnson — currently in intensive care with Chinese Coronavirus — that he has offered U.S. medical support.
Anyone who considers this to be overreach by Trump — doesn’t the UK have a perfectly good National Health Service already? Isn’t it known domestically as ‘the Envy of the World’? — might consider a letter that appeared over the weekend in the Sunday Telegraph, written by Dr Steven R Hopkins of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
It says:
The chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has banned doctors from treating Covid-19 with anything other than paracetamol and in severe cases, oxygen.
Colleagues have rightly condemned this response, which ignores the experience of doctors overseas. Professor Whitty’s position is that British doctors may not use therapies that have not undergone double blind controlled trials here. This could condemn many thousands to avoidable death through a failure to recognise that different rules should apply when patients are dying at such a rate.
The drug hydroxychloroquine is well-known, with a well-understood side-effect profile. It is safe. It also has a recognised mode of action in preventing replication of the virus. Comparison of the death rates in South Korea and Italy strongly suggests that it works to dramatically reduce the death rate. Evidence from India is similarly encouraging.
What the letter appears to indicate is that the hidebound, overcautious, unimaginative approach of the NHS bureaucracy to the coronavirus may actually be jeopardising lives.
Though President Trump didn’t mention any specific drugs when he offered support from the U.S. it seems likely that one of the ones he had in mind was the anti-malarial drug chloroquine.
According to the Guardian, President Trump said shortly after PM Johnson was moved to intensive care:
“I’ve asked two of the leading companies … They’ve come with the solutions and just have done incredible jobs – and I’ve asked him to contact London immediately,” Trump said. “They’ve really advanced therapeutics … and they have arrived in London already. The London office has whatever they need. We’ll see if we can be of help. We’ve contacted all of Boris’s doctors, and we’ll see what is going to take place, but they are ready to go.”
“They’ve had meetings with the doctors, and we’ll see whether or not they want to go that route,” Trump added. “But when you’re in intensive care it’s a big deal. So they’re there and they’re ready.”
It’s true that the jury is still out on hydroxychloroquine’s efficacy in treating Covid-19. But it appears to have fared well in a number of small scale studies and an increasing number of doctors around the world have made it a key part of their treatment protocols.
Hydroxychloroquine — originally designed as an anti-malarial treatment – is often used in conjunction with zinc.
This is because chloroquine is a zinc ionophore – see this 2014 study by Jing Xue et al – which means it enables the body’s cells to absorb zinc. Zinc — as well as being effective in boosting the immune system — is thought to disrupt the most deadly phase of coronavirus, the cytokine storm, when the body’s immune system attacks its own healthy tissue.
I asked a senior NHS consultant if it were really true that only paracetamol and oxygen had been permitted for use in Coronavirus treatment in the UK.
He told me: “No one I know is using chloroquine but at this rate it seems likely that we’ll be trying it on spec, without the trials. Whitty is a good doctor, for sure, and if the anecdotal/cohort study evidence mounts from elsewhere, then it will come on. The Boris situation is a test, if he does deteriorate…”
This isn’t exactly reassuring, is it? In the U.S., when President Trump heard about the potential of chloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus, he successfully called for the drug to be fast-tracked through the regulatory system. (It has been permitted as a treatment for malaria — and other conditions such as lupus — for 75 years, but obviously not for Covid-19, which didn’t exist till last year).
Britain, on the other hand, remains in thrall to its stolid, sclerotic, overcautious, unimaginative, rules-bound public health bureaucracy. In normal times, this bureaucracy was merely inefficient, wasteful, and a massive drain on the taxpayer. But in extraordinary times like these, this public health bureaucracy has become a positive menace.
When all this is over, a serious investigation needs to be conducted into the performance of the National Health Service, Public Health England, and the rest of the public health bureaucracy in this crisis. If it turns out that because of its dogged obsession with procedure and correct form it denied to dying patients basic medicine that could have saved their lives, then I hope that heads will roll and that root and branch form will be instituted.
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4 years agoReply to Rick GouveiaIT IS ‘PART’ OF THE TREATMENT, not THE treatment……..most people who take daily vitamins, get that anyway.
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4 years agoReply to SoftwareBabeOHIOVit C & D = Sunshine and Fresh Fruit.
Natures remedy in pill form.4 years agoReply to SoftwareBabeOHIOVit C & D = Sunshine and Fresh Fruit.
Natures remedy in pill form.4 years agoUS Airstrike Kills High-Ranking Somalian Terrorist Leader
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-airstrike-kills-high-ranking-al-shabaab-terrorist-leader_3302198.html
A precision air-strike by the U.S military in Somalia has killed a high-ranking leader of the al-Shabaab terrorist organization.Yusuf Jiis, a founding member of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group, was one of the three terrorists killed on April 2, officials from U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced on Tuesday.
“He was violent, ruthless, and responsible for the loss of many innocent lives.” said AFRICOM Commander and U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend. “His removal makes Somalia and neighboring countries safer.”
Three more airstrikes have been carried out since over the last few days, killing 18 al-Shabaab terrorists, with no recorded civilian casualties, according to AFRICOM.
4 years agoReply to DemocracyRulesIt is said he had the coronvirus. So he died of the Coronovirus.
4 years agoReply to DemocracyRulesOur wonderful military never sleep…..and are never deterred from their mission despite the pandemic. God Bless them all.
4 years agoPencil pusher “rules” over common sense.
4 years agoReply to dba_ unruly_ vagabond_traderWe Can Do This Too
South Korea: New virus cases hover around 50 for 3rd day amid strict social distancing
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200408004453320?section=science/medicine
SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases hovered around 50 for the third straight day Wednesday, but the nation marked the grim milestone of 200 virus deaths.
Health authorities renewed calls for people to maintain social distancing to curb the spread of the virus, as cluster infections at churches and hospitals, as well as new cases coming from overseas, are still rising steadily.4 years agoReply to DemocracyRulesAlmost every, if not all, new case of this virus in the ROK, can be traced to recent arrivals. One woman, who was chartered in, along with several others, was supposed to self-quarantine herself for fourteen days. Of course, she didn’t. She and her daughter took a trip to Cheju Do (big tourist island). She spread the virus. Cheju sued her for 100,000,000 Won (just call it $100,000.00). Another hakwon “english teacher” from the UK, came back from Thailand. He, also, didn’t self-quarantine … went out, to restaurants, bars, etc.. There were almost riots in the streets over that one. A foreigner with no health insurance, spreading the disease … and being treated at government expense. That one didn’t go over too well. “English teachers” are considered jangee/yangsuchuk (the very lowest of the lowest class) and … for some UK citizen to violate his quarantine, spread the disease … and expect free treatment … The Koreans don’t seem to care for that.
Several other examples, but most of those are related to college kids returning from Australia and the U.S.4 years agoReply to Achmed MohandjobJapan just allocated $1 trillion to fight Covid-19. They have fewer than 100 deaths.
4 years agoReply to Achmed MohandjobEvery country saw the infection rates shoot up, as they doubled every few days. Policy makers got worried, because the numbers would quickly zoom out of control. Epidemics are always scary, and losing 25% of the population would be a disaster, as it was during the European Black Plagues. And that’s what Japan is doing, worrying that there are many hidden infection cases and mortalities, and things may explode at any time. Japan has a very big senior population.
4 years agoReply to Achmed MohandjobIt’s not as if they have given that Trillion to an outside agency though.
That Trillion will stay within Japan and enrich their health services.4 years agoReply to Dave GlynnJapan has an incredible “health system”. Excellent doctors, beautiful hospitals, and very short wait times. I don’t know what throwing a trillion dollars at it will accomplish.
4 years agoReply to DemocracyRulesThe japs wisely have always kept a close watch on their borders and it certainly has payed off now.
4 years agoReply to Dave GlynnIt is my understanding that they don’t allow Muslims in their country….the few that do get in for a special reason are not allowed to practice their religion while there.
That information came from a friend of mine about 12 years ago who traveled there…..I hope that is still the same rule.We should have done that here.
4 years agoTrumps crude effort to gain cheap publicity has been bluntly rejected by the UK. That he hoped to benefit from Boris Johnson’s illness is regarded as shameful by all who recognise his crass statement.
4 years agoReply to G BennetIt is SO sad to read and hear you liberals and anti-Trump people condemn Trump whenever he does a kind thing for someone, even if it is for a foreigner. YOU must be a very sad person with a sad life. I DO FEEL SORRY FOR YOU and therefore WILL PRAY for you for as long as the Holy Spirit tells me to.
Any person who has a heart to help someone else IS FULFILLING WHAT JESUS COMMANDED US TO DO IN John 13:34 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” (in word and in deed, just in case you don’t understand what Jesus meant)
4 years agoReply to SoftwareBabeOHIO….turns out “it” is nothing more than a computer bot….not even a real person…The Left pays them to sit in their mom’s basement all day posting for them…..RED BULL is their drink of choice.
4 years agoReply to G BennetG B has a STD disease eating his brain. You can tell by the selection of his words.
4 years agoReply to TARDRE…turns out “it” is nothing more than a computer bot….can’t block it…reported it to Disqus…..
4 years agoReply to ladywarriorWould it not be nice to be able to send the bot back with a major computer virus?
4 years agoReply to G BennetHow would you know what’s in Trumps heart? He and Boris have a very good working relationship and it’s not beyond reason for one friend to want to help another.
Crass Negativity Is An Illness.4 years agoReply to G BennetSo sorry, your Majesty…..that real men, doing real things has injured your lack of testosterone. Maybe you should spend the day watching old John Wayne movies…
Paid trolls are really only sissy boys who can’t get a real girl….BLOCKED KNUCKLE HEAD. We don’t need your negativity ….
4 years agoAll your health are belong to us.
4 years agoThe jury is out my azz. The libturds can’t afford for Trump to be right.
Man our president is amazing. He should send in the SEAL’s to snatch Boris so we can treat him.
4 years agothey never say why they won’t allow even a small trial. i believe they don’t want the pandemic to be controlled.
4 years agoReply to cyldeThere’s plenty of that drug in the UK. They’ve been doing endless trials with it.
4 years agoI hope, if Boris Johnson does get hydroxychloroquin treatment, it doesn’t cause him to lose his coverage through the
BrutishBritish National Health Service.
Apparently that’s a thing. You get all of your care through the NHS, or none of it.4 years agoReply to karl_lembkeI doubt seriously the NHS would dare to not concur that he should have that treatment.
4 years agoThere is Already plenty of Hydroxychloraquine in the UK.
My wife has been taking it for the past 3 years to combat her arthritis problem. And It’s exactly the same stuff that is recommended by President Trump. The reason why it isn’t being dished out to the Bat Flu suffering people is because the medical authority insists on doing endless tests to see if it’s a safe and effective agent to cure that Chinese plague.4 years agoReally Pamela you should be ashamed of writing such crap. Our doctors and scientists in UK have been responsible for developing many medical advances. You also forget that many politicians and medical authorities have refused to use hydroxychloroquine in USA. It is anice gesture from Trump but you should stick to what you know Jihad
4 years agoReply to leonore35Yeah right. Pound Sand. You may have good doctors but when the NHS turns away patients, mostly the elderly, for operations making them seek care in the U.S. you should be ashamed of YOUR health care system. The Canadians also vote with their feet and cross into the U.S. to get care they otherwise would be denied or possibly die on a waiting list.
4 years agoReply to SteveI lived in Vegas in 1997-2010. Many of my neighbors were Canadians….they keep a place there for when they need REAL MEDICAL CARE. And, they were really nice neighbors…better than a lot of the “new Americans” and the “refugees” Obama packed into our country that have never left.
4 years agoAnd this is what the Democrats want to give us with a Single Payer System. Over here in Eastern Europe if you want to see how good the British NHS is just ask a Brit to smile. It won’t impress you with the care.
4 years agoReply to Steve….over my dead body they will bring that system here…..Obummer tried….and it failed.
