You are not on the same page as humanity if you cannot look past our political differences at a crisis moment like this. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
On 16 March 2020, advisor to the French Government on COVID-19, Professor Didier Raoult, announced that a non-randomized unblinded trial[34] involving 24 patients from the south east of France supported the claim that hydroxychloroquine was an effective treatment for COVID-19.[35] The trial is yet to be peer-reviewed.[34] An amount of 600 mg of hydroxychloroquine (brand name Plaquenil) was administered to these patients every day for 10 days. They reported "a significant decrease in viral load".[34] The drug appeared to be responsible for a "rapid and effective speeding up of their healing process, and a sharp decrease in the amount of time they remained contagious".[36] 70% of patients were "considered cured", compared with 12.5% of those who did not receive hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin combination.[34] The antibiotic azithromycin - which is known to be effective against secondary infections from bacterial lung disease - led to even better outcomes. Professor Raoult said the results showed there was "a spectacular reduction in the number of positive cases" with the combination therapy. At 6 days, among patients given combination therapy, the percentage of cases still carrying SARS-CoV-2 was no more than 5%.[37][38]
So, what if people are out of work and have not enough to pay rent/ mortgages? — Janus
we could solve the whole financial crisis just by forcing money to flow from where it is concentrated to where it is lacking, from where it will flow back into concentrations again. Like CPR for the economy. — Pfhorrest
The government should just give people money — Pfhorrest
You realize Trump did the same right? He consistently downplayed the threat until the recent stockmarket crash. — Baden
Bernie voters.... they seem to think that "the government" sits on a giant pot of gold can make every "free" for everyone, without any other effects on the country. — Nobeernolife
Other voters think that tax cuts for the rich, building a multi-billion dollar wall, driving up the deficit, blah blah... won’t have any effects??? — praxis
Bernie voters.... they seem to think that "the government" sits on a giant pot of gold can make every "free" for everyone, without any other effects on the country. — Nobeernolife
Well, depends on who "they" are. With a lot of that crowd, I do have the feeling they really do not understand that the government does not have a magical pot of gold.No they don't. They are well aware that the money comes from taxation. — Michael
Yeah, OK, I know the party political slogans. The reality is of course more complicated, but that is not really a topic for the Corona thread.They want to fund this by increasing the tax on businesses and the wealthy (e.g. by reverting Trump's $1.5 trillion tax cut) and cutting spending elsewhere. — Michael
With a lot of that crowd, I do have the feeling they really do not understand that the government does not have a magical pot of gold. — Nobeernolife
Well, technically they do (as that's how there is a currency at all). — Michael
Well, technically they do (as that's how there is a currency at all). — Michael
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