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Why would it be important to broadcast what he says? He has no useful information. He's been consistently out of the loop and out of his depth, often spouting dangerous falsehoods that have even killed people (like his nonsense about choroquine).— Leaves of Yas (@Yastreblyansky) April 1, 2020
That's the kind of stupid that believes what Trump says— Leaves of Yas (@Yastreblyansky) April 1, 2020
Yep, pretty much as recommended by Fox News in the following https://t.co/bcIwZoFBFg pic.twitter.com/zKS4w1nnU3— Leaves of Yas (@Yastreblyansky) April 1, 2020
No people consuming things “not for human consumption” is idiocy. How can you not see this ? So fucking blind and asleep.— following_Q (@followingQ2) April 1, 2020
So Trump and Fox should shut the fuck up and leave the public discussion to people who know what the fuck they're talking about. I know lots of nihilists like you think it's funny Trump talked somebody so stupid into killing himself. But sales on fish tank cleaner went thru roof.— Leaves of Yas (@Yastreblyansky) April 1, 2020
Really: via the Fox link:
At @Storyful, we found an interesting phenomenon: sales of a version of chloroquine phosphate used in fish tanks - yes, fish tanks - have skyrocketed in recent weeks. Jars of the drug not intended for human consumption have gone from $10 to over $400 or higher this month. pic.twitter.com/vAe5dzwUBa— Samuel Oakford (@samueloakford) March 19, 2020
Make that rheumatoid arthritis. Of course I realize it's used for other purposes. I just linked you to a full-scale discussion of its pharmacological properties, but you're the kind of troll who never opens a link. (What other kind of troll is there?)You're right, and sufferers from lupus and rheumatoid (using it correctly under doctors' advice) can't get their supplies because it's all being used by idiots who think it's protecting them from Covid because that's what Trump told them https://t.co/daXU7Xn8h6— Leaves of Yas (@Yastreblyansky) April 1, 2020
Cinchona bark as medicine goes back to pre-Columbian times
Quinine was used as a muscle relaxant by the Quechua, who are indigenous to Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, to halt shivering due to low temperatures.[42] The Quechuas would mix the ground bark of cinchona trees with sweetened water to offset the bark's bitter taste, thus producing something similar to tonic water.[43]and was brought to Europe by Jesuits (Father Martin notes we're indebted to the Jesuits for the invention of gin and tonic) in the 16th century, and first used to treat malaria in Rome in 1631. How that is supposed to justify the barely literate president in prescribing it to the nation, even if it wasn't against the advice of his own expert task force, which it is, I can't begin to imagine. Unless he's got stock in a chloroquine company, which really wouldn't surprise me.
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