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golfing eagles 03-24-2020 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Fastskiguy (Post 1732749)
This is the site I've been using to monitor the number of cases....it was 200,000 on Thursday, it just topped 400,000 today. That's doubling in 5 days.

Coronavirus Update (Live): 401,013 Cases and 17,480 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer
But that doesn't mean there are 200,000 new cases, due to the increased testing some of that increase was expected, ie: they were already cases

ColdNoMore 03-24-2020 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1732750)
But that doesn't mean there are 200,000 new cases, due to the increased testing some of that increase was expected, ie: they were already cases

Don't be so pedantic. :oops:


It's simply a valid comparison of...apples to apples. :ohdear:

golfing eagles 03-24-2020 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1732758)

Don't be so pedantic. :oops:


It's simply a valid comparison of...apples to apples. :ohdear:
Sorry, but it's hardly a comparison of apples to apples. It's more like doing an apple count, and the following week realizing you didn't count an entire warehouse full of apples, and then stating the apple harvest has doubled in a week.

skyking 03-24-2020 12:07 PM
Live blog
 
Pence says "FDA approving 'off label' use for Chloroquine, no barrier to access'".

Not sure what this means in practice.

TexaninVA 03-24-2020 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by skyking (Post 1732787)
Pence says "FDA approving 'off label' use for Chloroquine, no barrier to access'.

Not sure what this means in practice.
Had a similar reaction ... I think he means a doctor can prescribe it if he /she thinks it might work for a covid patient who’s running out of options

Bucco 03-24-2020 12:43 PM
As example....


"Amid the pandemic of COVID-19 for which there is currently no treatment, doctors have urged the public not to self medicate after an Arizona man died and his wife was put in critical care. The pair, both in their 60s, took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks."

Health Officials Warn Against Self-Medicating With Chloroquine for Coronavirus After Man Dies From Taking Fish Tank Cleaner

Because some cannot keep quiet, does not mean you need believe them.

They heard for weeks "this drug" could help....heard that part but ignored the constant warning from others on the same stage.

golfing eagles 03-24-2020 12:44 PM
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OrangeBlossomBaby 03-24-2020 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by skyking (Post 1732787)
Pence says "FDA approving 'off label' use for Chloroquine, no barrier to access'".

Not sure what this means in practice.
What it means in practice, is that people will be demanding (and hording) a drug that has no *proven* efficacy in treating COVID-19, has some potentially lethal side effects when used off-label, and will prevent people who actually need it for their already-existing illnesses (such as lupus) from getting access to it due to reduced availability.

retiredguy123 03-24-2020 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by skyking (Post 1732787)
Pence says "FDA approving 'off label' use for Chloroquine, no barrier to access'".

Not sure what this means in practice.
Not sure, but I thought a doctor could prescribe a drug for "off label" use without FDA approval. That is why it is called "off label" use.

TexaninVA 03-24-2020 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1732815)
What it means in practice, is that people will be demanding (and hording) a drug that has no *proven* efficacy in treating COVID-19, has some potentially lethal side effects when used off-label, and will prevent people who actually need it for their already-existing illnesses (such as lupus) from getting access to it due to reduced availability.
You’re probably right ... desperate people do desperate things. However someone ingesting a fish tank cleaner is ... well, panicked

Lil GTO 03-24-2020 01:02 PM
Couldn't agree with you more.

It’s hard for me to believe that people in general are so scared.

We’ve all weathered much worse at our age and even though we know better we let the media control our thoughts and actions.

To me it’s sad and quite stupid.


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Originally Posted by Gpsma (Post 1731771)
That thinks this mass hysteria is ridiculous? People panicking over TP. People buying guns and ammo.

Im shocked at TV...at our age we have gone thru worse. So many veterans here that went thru worse.

We have no kids here to protect and feed. But the entitled worry warts have cleaned out the stores.

Wait for two years and the news will have articles on the Year the World Went Nuts

Sorry...not buying it...scientists and politicians just love to control.

skyking 03-24-2020 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lil GTO (Post 1732824)
Couldn't agree with you more.

It’s hard for me to believe that people in general are so scared.

We’ve all weathered much worse at our age and even though we know better we let the media control our thoughts and actions.

To me it’s sad and quite stupid.
Agree! And by the way Dollar Tree on 466a has toilet paper. Four small rolls for a dollar!

Aloha1 03-24-2020 01:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fastskiguy (Post 1732749)
This is the site I've been using to monitor the number of cases....it was 200,000 on Thursday, it just topped 400,000 today. That's doubling in 5 days.

Coronavirus Update (Live): 401,013 Cases and 17,480 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Outbreak - Worldometer
And why is it doubling?? Certainly twice the number did not just come down with it. This is all about testing. The more testing, the more positives, WHO AREADY HAVE IT, will be found. Hyping the raw number does no one a service.

retiredguy123 03-24-2020 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1732841)
And why is it doubling?? Certainly twice the number did not just come down with it. This is all about testing. The more testing, the more positives, WHO AREADY HAVE IT, will be found. Hyping the raw number does no one a service.
I agree. If they are going to report the number of positive tests, they should also report the number of negative tests. Otherwise the data is meaningless.

skyking 03-24-2020 01:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1732815)
What it means in practice, is that people will be demanding (and hording) a drug that has no *proven* efficacy in treating COVID-19, has some potentially lethal side effects when used off-label, and will prevent people who actually need it for their already-existing illnesses (such as lupus) from getting access to it due to reduced availability.
????
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy has instituted rules requiring a physician to document that the patient has tested positive.

Cincinnati.com: Ohio pharmacy board restricts prescriptions for experimental coronavirus treatment drugs

Coronavirus: Ohio pharmacy restricts prescriptions for experimental drugs


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