"It's like she's getting WRONGER!" Rachel Maddow uses CNN to fact-check Trump and HOOBOY that's a lotta stupid in 1 tweet
http://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2020/03/31/its-like-shes-getting-wronger-rachel-maddow-uses-cnn-to-fact-check-trump-and-hooboy-thats-a-lotta-stupid-in-1-tweet/
As Twitchy readers know, Rachel Maddow's track record when covering Trump is seriously not good. We've honestly lost track ourselves of the mistakes she's reported or claimed about the president in the last four years. And now she's sharing a "fact-check" from CNN to dunk on him?
Girl (we think?) please.
Rachel Maddow MSNBC ~ "Trump again touts unproven drugs for coronavirus."
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/30/politics/fact-check-trump-coronavirus-briefing-march-30/index.html
From CNN: (sorry!)
Trump's over-the-top optimism has been tamped down by the medical professionals on the White House task force handling the pandemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top public health official on infectious diseases, said the proof is only anecdotal. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was similarly careful with his language on Monday, and referred to the drugs as "potential Covid-19 treatments."
Trump has repeatedly touted the drugs in recent weeks, even though there haven't been any clinical trials in humans proving that they work for coronavirus. Earlier this month, Trump tweeted that the drugs "have a real chance to be one of the biggest game-changers in the history of medicine."
How dare the president be positive! The nerve. ...
Rick Wood ~ http://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16115318/
Chloroquine Is a Potent Inhibitor of SARS Coronavirus Infection and Spread
U.S. National Library of Medicine
National Center for Biotechnology Information
August 22, 2005
Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (SARS-CoV). No effective prophylactic or post-exposure therapy is currently available.
Results: We report, however, that chloroquine has strong antiviral effects on SARS-CoV infection of primate cells. These inhibitory effects are observed when the cells are treated with the drug either before or after exposure to the virus, suggesting both prophylactic and therapeutic advantage. In addition to the well-known functions of chloroquine such as elevations of endosomal pH, the drug appears to interfere with terminal glycosylation of the cellular receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. This may negatively influence the virus-receptor binding and abrogate the infection, with further ramifications by the elevation of vesicular pH, resulting in the inhibition of infection and spread of SARS CoV at clinically admissible concentrations.
Conclusion: Chloroquine is effective in preventing the spread of SARS CoV in cell culture. Favorable inhibition of virus spread was observed when the cells were either treated with chloroquine prior to or after SARS CoV infection. In addition, the indirect immunofluorescence assay described herein represents a simple and rapid method for screening SARS-CoV antiviral compounds.
Gosh, we didn't see these "facts" in CNN's "fact-check."
Huh.
Richard Robinson ~ You mean the one with an extremely high rate of success? Is that the one you mean?
Yes, that's what she means.
Intrepid ~ You promoted a false Russian collusion narrative for over two years, you have no credibility.
She also claimed they couldn't get Mercy to NYC in a week.
She was wrong.
We're still waiting for her to be right about ... well, anything. ...
Socially Distant Devil Pup ~ The FDA seems to approve. I'm sorry this one didn't work out for you either.
Paul Sacca ~ When is the hospital boat getting to NYC? ...
Sweater Yams ~ The drugs the FDA approved for use 2 days ago?
Derek Fuckin Forreal ~ It's FDA approved bro ...
Yeah, bro.
Rachel. Put the CNN down.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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