I’m sure you are aware of the politics surrounding the “Trump drug,” as opinions about the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in COVID-19 seem to correlate with support or opposition to President Trump. But that’s not the main story, as Dr. Simone Gold pointed out in a Facebook-censored interview with Glenn Beck. President Trump mentioned HCQ […]
Never has politics been so deeply involved in decisions that should be between a physician and patient. It is normal for physicians to listen to patients and colleagues, read the literature, write a prescription for an FDA-approved drug, and expect the pharmacy to fill it. But hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) or Plaquenil™, is the unprecedented exception—if and […]
I hope you have a doctor who knows you, cares about you, and will answer your questions. A doctor who is employed or has contracts with managed care is not really YOUR doctor, and constantly has to worry about what happened to Dr. Simone Gold, as reported by Tucker Carlson on July 30. After holding […]
I hope that you and yours are weathering the storm in a crashing economy, but recovery depends on ending the pandemic. Hopes are riding on a “warp-speed” vaccine. During this week’s coronavirus briefing, President Trump said his administration had reached an “historic agreement” with Pfizer to manufacture and deliver 100 million doses of its vaccine […]
I hope you stay well, but if COVID-19 strikes you or a loved one, I hope you can find a doctor willing and able to help you. Yale epidemiologist Harvey Frisch told Laura Ingraham that the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) could save up to 100,000 lives. But you probably won’t be able to get it. If […]
Every school year, children catch illnesses at school, and so do teachers and parents. Occasionally an outbreak causes schools to close for a time, say during a flu epidemic that is causing a lot of absenteeism. But never before have all schools been closed for months—even though COVID-19 has the unusual feature that children seldom either […]
We’re supposed to follow “evidence-based medicine” these days, but there is no firm evidence to support the masking and “social distancing” mandates being imposed throughout the land. CDC chief Robert Redfield asserts his opinion that the U.S. could get the coronavirus under control in 4 to 6 weeks if everyone wore a mask. He relies […]
Arizona is said to be “suffering the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the U.S.” Gov. Doug Ducey is being accused of re-opening the state too fast, without adequate masking or other requirements. Now, still-surviving small businesses are being forced to close again, and mayors are requiring people to wear face masks. Arizona had 55 per 100,000 […]
A just published peer-reviewed study from Henry Ford Health System showed that the death rate of hospitalized patients who received hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was cut in half, and there were no serious heart abnormalities. The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) stated that these results should encourage widespread early use of this long-established drug to […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented disruptive effect on medicine as well as the economy, writes Jane M. Orient, M.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. She compares it with the response to AIDS, which at first was believed to be highly contagious and invariably fatal. It was […]