The use of two unproven COVID-19 treatments was higher in counties with a larger share of Republican voters in late 2020, according to a study released Friday, suggesting stark political differences in medical decisionmaking.
Hydroxychloroquine prescribing volume from June through December 2020 was roughly double what it had been the previous year, and prescriptions were 150 percent higher in the most Republican counties than in the least, according to the study published Friday in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal.
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial drug that is also used to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Early in the pandemic, former President Trump called it a miracle drug for COVID-19, and it has been heavily promoted as a treatment for the virus by Trump allies despite almost no evidence.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the drug in late March 2020, but then revoked it less than three months later. After FDA revoked the authorization, prescribing volume was more than twice as high in counties with the largest share […]
Hmmm,,, violent insurrection incitement, intentional interference of a legal federal procedure, coercing and threatening government and state officials to commit fraud and change a legal vote count, valid civil and criminal lawsuits, fraudulent elector certifications, criminal business activity, porn star relationships, and tax evasion, in the name of nepotism?
I’d say if it looks like an idiot, acts like an idiot, speaks like an idiot, chances are it’s an idiot. Since tRump is an idiot, what would all his hypnotized cult, red flag denying followers be called, who take a horse dewormer, or inject bleach for Covid?