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2020-03-26 Home Front: Politix
Nevada’s Democrat Governor Outlaws Antimalarial Drugs for Coronavirus Sufferers
[BREITBART] Nevada’s Democrat Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an order Tuesday outlawing the use of antimalarial drugs for sufferers of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the "governor’s order prohibits the prescribing and dispensing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for a COVID-19 diagnosis[.]"

"At this point in time, there is no known cure for COVID-19 and we must not withhold these drugs from those who need them," the governor said in his statement. "The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to stay home for Nevada, not to stockpile these drugs."

Sisolak said he signed the emergency order after receiving a request from the Pharmacy Board, which claims the effectiveness of these drugs to treat the Chinese virus has "not been established," and that "an emergency exists due to the hoarding and stockpiling" of these antimalaria drugs: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.

This order makes no sense, especially in a world where another Democrat governor, Andrew Sonny Cuomo of New York, has ordered trials of the malaria drug. Saying he agrees with the president, Cuomo announced last week: "We’re also implementing the trial drug:"
Posted by Fred 2020-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 Mr Sisolak will soon have blood on his hands.
Posted by bbrewer126 2020-03-26 00:26||   2020-03-26 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Under what authority?
Posted by Lex 2020-03-26 00:32||   2020-03-26 00:32|| Front Page Top

#3 As governor he has the authority, Lex. But since he wrote the order because these medicines are not proven, presumably he will write a new order once the FDA approves the stuff.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-03-26 00:41||   2020-03-26 00:41|| Front Page Top

#4 First death, charge him with premeditated murder.
Posted by Silentbrick 2020-03-26 00:53||   2020-03-26 00:53|| Front Page Top

#5 effectiveness of these drugs to treat the Chinese virus has "not been established,"

That's obviously true for any effect of any treatment or drug wrt the Chinese virus disease since the disease is new.

The data that will be the foundation of studies and research papers is being gathered at present.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2020-03-26 01:12||   2020-03-26 01:12|| Front Page Top

#6 Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are already approved drugs, just not labeled for use with COVID-19. Lots of prescriptions are written for off-label use - I don't see why this would be any different. Any medical people out there who can explain it to me?
Posted by Glenmore 2020-03-26 01:31||   2020-03-26 01:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Not a medical explanation, but I'm going with "Trump said it, so we're against it no matter what".
Posted by SteveS 2020-03-26 02:29||   2020-03-26 02:29|| Front Page Top

#8 once the FDA approves the stuff.

Being sarcastic TW.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-26 02:59||   2020-03-26 02:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Firstdeath, charge him with premeditated murder.

Leftist wet dream is to charge Trump for all Chinavirus deaths, so, game on!
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-26 04:59||   2020-03-26 04:59|| Front Page Top

#10 RT (I know...): Is there a doctor in the house? Nevada state medical team that banned malaria drug for coronavirus lacks qualification

Pushing the loudest for the restrictions had been Ihsan Azzam, Nevada’s chief medical officer. While Azzam has a masters degree and prior experience in environmental public health and epidemiology, fulfilling the qualifications required to hold the state post, his only experience actually practicing medicine came from an obstetrics and gynecology department in an African hospital over two decades ago.
Azzam is thus not qualified to actually practice medicine in the US, nor does he have any experience treating respiratory conditions, and his advice to Sisolak appeared to some to be motivated more by anti-Trump sentiment than genuine medical concern.
Posted by Frank G 2020-03-26 09:54||   2020-03-26 09:54|| Front Page Top

#11 Shitshow rides again
Posted by Lex 2020-03-26 09:58||   2020-03-26 09:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Homeless man in Las Vegas tests positive for coronavirus, was in facilities while symptomatic: officials
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-26 10:24||   2020-03-26 10:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Isn't this preempted by federal law?
Posted by Iblis 2020-03-26 11:12||   2020-03-26 11:12|| Front Page Top

#14 This order is nonsense and will be ignored by all physicians.
I imagine it is aimed at stopping amateur doctors from hoarding the atuff like it was toilet paper, which would create a shortage of it.
The trouble is, too many nasty people understand this and hope to profit from hoarding. It does make sense to outlaw bulk sales to those outside the medical profession or to hospitals or or the like.
Posted by daniel  2020-03-26 11:15||   2020-03-26 11:15|| Front Page Top

#15 Not sure it can be hoarded,since its only available by script.
Posted by bbrewer126  2020-03-26 11:53||   2020-03-26 11:53|| Front Page Top

#16 Facts aside for the moment, the optics of this have to be pretty bad. How much Democratic kool-aid do you have to drink not to get pissed off when your governor says you can't have a life-saving drug in the middle of an epidemic?
Posted by SteveS 2020-03-26 18:06||   2020-03-26 18:06|| Front Page Top

#17 Paging Jim Jones....
Posted by bbrewer126  2020-03-26 18:44||   2020-03-26 18:44|| Front Page Top

#18 Distinguished graduate of the prestigious Oblowme Medical School.
Posted by SR-71 2020-03-26 18:54||   2020-03-26 18:54|| Front Page Top

#19 Distinguished graduate of the prestigious Oblowme Medical School.
Posted by SR-71 2020-03-26 18:55||   2020-03-26 18:55|| Front Page Top

#20 Think it was the Nev state head of Pharma who also signed off on the order.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-03-26 19:31||   2020-03-26 19:31|| Front Page Top

#21 I wouldn't want to be him come reelection time.
Posted by gorb 2020-03-26 23:25||   2020-03-26 23:25|| Front Page Top

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