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The Lancet has corrected Donald Trump's claims in his letter to the World Health Organization.
The journal states that the allegation that the WHO “consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in Wuhan in early December 2019 or even earlier, including reports from The Lancet medical journal was incorrect as the the first reports the journal published were only on January 24, 2020.
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 36035817) I am just glad my mum is safe. Her home stopped visitors the week before lockdown and their measures are so good they have not had a single case of COVID-19 at all. However my father in law's home has had a large number of cases and a number of patient deaths. It really is a scandal how bad some homes have gotten.

The nursing home my mum is in has no visitors either.

My mum is in her 5th week there, but she hasn't been able to leave her room as she is bed ridden and has sores.


But soon they will put her into a chair and take her to the group area, she will be able to eat there.

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Thinking of all those people hit by Cyclone Amphan. Not only have to cope with regular poverty and health now have Covid and then a big storm. Social distancing is hard if you live 10 to a shack, share water supply and live centimetres from your neighbour, imagine you are now evacuated with 500,000 others.
And we are soon approaching hurricane season, that will affect Caribbean and maybe parts of US.

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Coronavirus: Hydroxychloroquine trial begins in the UK

A trial to see whether two anti-malarial drugs could prevent Covid-19 has begun in Brighton and Oxford.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52737169

Donald Trump drug to be tested on NHS staff with hopes of preventing coronavirus
Study involving at least 20 NHS hospitals aims to establish whether anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine can fend off virus

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...g-coronavirus/

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Middlesbrough is one of the ten areas apparently for contact tracing to be tested.


This should be fun....

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If it turns out to be wildly successful they are going to regret calling it the Donald Trump drug.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I can imagine the headline.

Trump drug saves the world.

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That's what I said to Mrs DaveeB, if it turns out well he's a genius, if it all goes wrong he was being "sarcastic" again as with Bleachgate..

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Nah they will start calling it Plaquenil (its brand name) and say it is a decade old drug recommended by the WHO to treat Malaria and just forget it is the same substance.

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You think he’ll get any credit if it works? No chance.

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He'll promote himself as the savior .. :erm:

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I was going to suggest him making a self nomination for the Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Do they do a Nobel Prize for Muppetry ?

:cool:

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If it works the majority of the credit would go to those who originally suggested it would help. Trump would certainly be able to say he was there early on though

That said it's one of many treatments being tested and people should be wary of medical advice from the guy who wondered if we could look into injecting bleach.