Re: Coronavirus: When should we be concerned?
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:33 am
There is no evidence any of those handful of doctors are treating front-line covid patients. Some are not even practicing physicians.
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I am saying two things:
There wasn't any mention of hydroxycholoroquine in this video, so I'm not sure why you are bringing it. You said you didn't watch it and refuse to, so it's fruitless to argue the merits of it. If you actually did, then we would have something to talk about.
If you're not going to watch it, why even tell me? You can do what you want, but that isn't actually convincing me of anything to just attack their character. If you said, "No, the covid virus is not 1000 times smaller than the strand of hair." That would be something we could figure out.
I did watch it and I'm not trying to convince you. If you believe these people over the people who know what they're talking about, I don't know what to tell you. Like I said, I'm not wasting anymore time on it. I'm done.In2ition wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:30 amIf you're not going to watch it, why even tell me? You can do what you want, but that isn't actually convincing me of anything to just attack their character. If you said, "No, the covid virus is not 1000 times smaller than the strand of hair." That would be something we could figure out.
Thank you for your attacks on many of the doctors that had nothing to do with the latest video. Your service and research is welcomed in the debate of the substance of the video. Looks like another person that didn't actually watch it. Way to pile on some easy targets, Nodack. I guess unless I post some doom and gloom stories, you all will try to attack. It's a little ridiculous to just shut down debate. Maybe Marty or the Mods should just censor anything that doesn't agree with all of you. It's really hard to actually have a discussion on things, but maybe I shouldn't be surprised.Nodack wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:13 pmhttps://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetr ... facts.html
And the "frontline doctors"?
One is Douglas Deibele, who claimed on Twitter in March that he'd successfully treated 500 patients on a combined regimen of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin -- curious, given that Deibele is a dentist who has not practiced medicine in more than two decades.
No Evidence That Doctor Group in Viral Video Got Near COVID 'Front Lines'
— Who are the physicians behind America's Frontline Doctors?
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectious ... id19/87797
Take it from a physician treating COVID-19 patients, 'Frontline Doctors' video is dangerous
I'm a real front-line physician in the coronavirus crisis. The viral video 'America's Frontline Doctors' is fake news that sows mistrust in health experts.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/ ... 550377002/
Who are the doctors in the viral hydroxychloroquine video?
https://www.politifact.com/article/2020 ... ine-video/
Dr. Stella Immanuel
Immanuel operates a clinic in a strip mall next to her church, Firepower Ministries. In sermons published on YouTube and articles on the church’s now-defunct website, first unearthed by the Daily Beast, Immanuel makes several outlandish medical claims.
Among them: Medical problems like cysts are caused by sex with "spirit husbands" and "spirit wives," DNA from aliens is being used in medicine and scientists are developing vaccines to prevent people from being religious.
Immanuel also has held sermons and wrote on her now-deleted website that “tormenting spirits are responsible” for “serious gynecological problems” and “impotence.”
“Many women suffer from astral sex regularly. Astral sex is the ability to project one’s spirit man into the victim’s body and have intercourse with it. This practice is very common amongst Satanists. They leave their physical bodies in a dormant state while they project their spirits into the body of whoever they want to have sex with,” Immanuel wrote.
Dr. Dan Erickson
In May, Erickson appeared with Dr. Artin Massihi, co-owner of Accelerated Urgent Care, in another viral video called "Plandemic," which is filled with conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic. In it, they claimed that stay-at-home orders and face masks are not necessary because they weaken your immune system. The doctors made similar assertions in an April press conference and on Fox News.
In a joint statement, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine condemned Erickson and Massihi’s claims, saying that they "strongly advise against using any statements of Drs. Erickson and Massihi as a basis for policy and decision making."
Gold has also appeared on conservative talk radio and podcast programs, during which she has advocated for the use of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19 patients. She has donated to several Republican causes in the past, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
Gold told the Associated Press that she started to speak out about the pandemic because there is "no scientific basis that the average American should be concerned" about COVID-19.
Gold described her take on “flattening the curve” while standing in front of Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai hospital, discussing case rates and hospital capacity as if appearing to have an affiliation with the institution. Cedars-Sinai publicly addressed the videos saying that “there is no one by that name on the staff of Cedars-Sinai or affiliated with Cedars-Sinai.”
Other doctors introduced in the video included Dr. Bob Hamilton, a private-practice pediatrician from Santa Monica, California, known for his ability to soothe a crying baby via the “Hamilton Hold,” as well as Dr. James Todaro, who includes a “not medical advice” caveat on his Twitter profile, and who has no known experience treating COVID-19.
I'm not trying to convince you either. You can have your opinion, and it's not going to hurt my feelings. I was just wondering about the substance of the video and the claims inside. Watch it, don't watch it, I don't give a care. I just find it sad that the first reaction is to attack these people and discredit what they say before it even is heard.Superbone wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:58 pmI did watch it and I'm not trying to convince you. If you believe these people over the people who know what they're talking about, I don't know what to tell you. Like I said, I'm not wasting anymore time on it. I'm done.In2ition wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:30 amIf you're not going to watch it, why even tell me? You can do what you want, but that isn't actually convincing me of anything to just attack their character. If you said, "No, the covid virus is not 1000 times smaller than the strand of hair." That would be something we could figure out.
Thank you, Split! That wasn't hard.Split T wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:29 pmAs for the virus being small, yes it’s incredibly small, but the virus doesn’t just float around on its own. It’s attached to respiratory droplets that are much bigger.
Now droplets come in multiple sizes, a lot are too big to float and will drop to the ground within 6 feet, hence the 6 feet of social distancing that’s often mentioned.
Some droplets are small and light enough that they can be carried around by currents in the air and stay airborne for a longer period of time.
Now I’m not certain of this, but my understanding of what differentiates an airborne illness from a droplet illness is whether or not there is enough virus in these smaller airborne droplets to cause an infection. You have very Infectious airborne Illnesses, such as Measles and you have less infectious droplet illnesses like influenza. Covid 19 seems to be somewhere between them.
I have seen some evidence that there is airborne transmission of Covid-19, to me that just greater expresses the need for masks. Sure, a cloth mask or even a surgical mask isn’t going to keep out airborne droplets as well as an N-95 mask, but if you’re just walking through a grocery store it might keep enough out to prevent infection. Better yet, if you’re the one actually infected, it might prevent you from sending a large number of airborne droplets filled with the Covid 19 virus into the air.
I wasn't making this political. If I was I would take this to the Political forum, but I don't post in there anymore. I'm not sure why you felt the need to go there.Nodack wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:21 pmI have yet to see anyone be censored here. I did watch most of the video. I don’t know all the doctors and can’t tell the difference between them on the two different videos. I haven’t studied them that much and don’t plan to.
My take on the whole Trump campaign. We are never supposed to believe anything experts or the media say and instead should only believe fringe youtube right wing conspiracy theories or completely made up fiction that randomly comes to Trumps brain. They can dress up 10,000 Trump supporters in white coats and it won’t make their BS any truer. There may come a time when Trump or one of his supporters says something true but, people I know have already written off anything Trump says as pure BS. His credibility is long gone.
I wasn't making assumptions. Some of you flat came out and said it. You can think it's propaganda all you want, but I'm not telling you how to vote and I'm not making it political.Superbone wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:33 pmIf you're going to bring this crap in here, In2, then you need to stop acting like a martyr. Quit making assumptions about who listened and who didn't and telling them that their responses aren't valid. I did listen to it but I'm sorry I did. It's bunch of obvious propaganda. Bring some real data to the table. This absolutely should be in the political section. Just because you don't want to venture there, don't spew this propaganda here. Let's you and I stick to sports, please.