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A stupid little political stunt to Get Trump goes awry in Nevada
 [AMERICANTHINKER] Steve Sisolak, the leftist governor of Nevada, decided to play doctor by banning the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, two drugs that are being used elsewhere to treat COVID-19. "While these drugs serve necessary medical purposes, this regulation protects the Nevadans who need them and prevents unnecessary hoarding," Sisolak wrote on Twitter. hoarding of a Script medicine? Right Unnecessary hoarding? The hoarding thing is a smokescreen; his real reason was to slap at President Trump, who touted these medications as showing promise and even mistakenly said they had been approved for use by the FDA. That's his real reason for the limit on the unproven drug, which goes against the "right to try" and the current national mobilization effort to get everyone well by suspending burdensome regulations in the medical community to encourage experimentation and swift solutions. What Nevada needs, see, is more administrative-state regulation, which is showing all signs of going badly for him. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, here was Sisolak's originally stated reason, which has a clear reference to President Trump: Sisolak announced an emergency regulation prohibiting the drugs' use in a statement that said there was "no consensus among COVID-19 experts or Nevada's own medical health advisory team" that the medications were an effective treatment for the virus. Tellingly, this semi-prohibition comes right on the heels of the death of an Arizona man who tried to self-medicate, fatally taking a fish tank cleaning additive with a similar name, and killing himself as well as sickening his wife. She has since blamed President Trump. Sen. Ted Cruz could tell what Sisolak's ban was really about ‐ Getting Trump ‐ and he said something. According to the Reno Gazette-Journal: On Wednesday, Cruz wrote on Twitter: "During this crisis, we should listen to the science & the medical professionals," Cruz tweeted on Wednesday. "The opposite approach: the Governor of Nevada, practicing medicine w/o a license ‐ trying to score political points against Trump ‐ & prohibiting NV doctors from prescribing medicines to treat COVID19." Sisolak hollers about "no consensus" as reason for his move, but now looks like Sisolak has decided the consensus, limiting the availability of the drug on the market as bad stuff, and never mind that portion of the medical community that thinks it does work. Sisolak has since clarified that he hasn't totally banned the use of the drug ‐ he's allowing it for hospital use, which is for COVID-19 patients at death's door. It's sad stuff because the drug reportedly shows the most promise in early-stage COVID-19 patients. But Sisolak's the doctor now, so late-stage can have his exception. Related: Chloroquine: 2020-03-25 Coronaplague Roundup Chloroquine: 2020-03-24 No, the Arizona Man Did Not Take the Coronavirus Drug Trump Spoke About Chloroquine: 2020-03-24 Florida man who was on the verge of death says Hydroxychloroquine saved his life! Related: COVID-19: 2020-03-25 India's prime minister orders lockdown of country of 1.3 billion people for 21 days COVID-19: 2020-03-25 87-Year-Old Marine Credits His Military Training for Helping Him Survive the Wuhan Coronavirus COVID-19: 2020-03-25 MyPillow Making Face Masks for Hospitals During Coronavirus Pandemic Related: Ted Cruz: 2020-03-12 Detroit auto worker on 'disturbing' confrontation with Biden: 'He was digging a hole' Ted Cruz: 2020-03-10 Ted Cruz self-quarantining after meeting coronavirus-stricken CPAC attendee Ted Cruz: 2020-03-04 Joe Biden Declares Beto O’Rourke To Lead Biden’s Anti-Gun Agenda Posted by: Fred 2020-03-27 |
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