Coronavirus - Treatments - Hydroxychloroquine - Will it kill the virus?

[Ron]

An Effective COVID Treatment the Media Continues to Besmirch

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/08/04/an_effective_covid_treatment_the_media_continues_to_besmirch_143875.html?fbclid=IwAR38lyvoThpJRtwaUqOHFqnYiNCtSJO_P-2aorPRtE7hgFt1dM7nPH-Gh-E

[Megalodon]

Plasma testosterone level and the male genital system after chloroquine therapy


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9080720/

Abstract
Chloroquine phosphate and its analogue hydroxychloroquine are used on long term basis as anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of a multitude of chronic diseases. In the present work the dose of the drug was calculated and given to albino rats in the usual low therapeutic regimen used in man. This work has shown that chloroquine depresses testosterone secretion in a progressive manner which increased the longer the duration of treatment, sperm count was also decreased, the percent of abnormal forms increased and the weight of the testes and accessory sex organ (epididymis, vas deference, seminal vesicle and prostate) was also reduced, these abnormalities did not return to the normal control figures, even after one month of discontinuation of the drug. This work emphasizes the need for testosterone administration concomitantly with chloroquine treatment to maintain the integrity of the sexual organs of the patients. At the same time this work emphasizes the need of further study of the reversibility of the pathological lesions in the male genital tract after more prolonged administration of the drug than the three months period adopted in the present work.

[Primemuscle]

Plasma testosterone level and the male genital system after chloroquine therapy


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9080720/

Abstract
Chloroquine phosphate and its analogue hydroxychloroquine are used on long term basis as anti-inflammatory drugs in the treatment of a multitude of chronic diseases. In the present work the dose of the drug was calculated and given to albino rats in the usual low therapeutic regimen used in man. This work has shown that chloroquine depresses testosterone secretion in a progressive manner which increased the longer the duration of treatment, sperm count was also decreased, the percent of abnormal forms increased and the weight of the testes and accessory sex organ (epididymis, vas deference, seminal vesicle and prostate) was also reduced, these abnormalities did not return to the normal control figures, even after one month of discontinuation of the drug. This work emphasizes the need for testosterone administration concomitantly with chloroquine treatment to maintain the integrity of the sexual organs of the patients. At the same time this work emphasizes the need of further study of the reversibility of the pathological lesions in the male genital tract after more prolonged administration of the drug than the three months period adopted in the present work.

Yikes!

[visualizeperfection]

Yikes!

Are you happy the president wants to cut payroll tax?

[Primemuscle]

Are you happy the president wants to cut payroll tax?

Haven't given it much thought. I am retired and don't pay payroll tax, so it doesn't benefit me. Both the employer and the employee are levied payroll taxes. He's basically trying to cut Medicare, Social Security and other benefits. 

There's already a debate as to whether he is just blowing smoke or actually has the ability to put his most recent executive orders in play.

Policy Basics: Federal Payroll Taxes

The federal government levies payroll taxes on wages and self-employment income and uses the revenue to fund Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. Payroll taxes have become an increasingly important part of the federal budget over time, as the chart below shows. In fiscal year 2019, federal payroll taxes generated $1.24 trillion, which amounts to 5.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), or 35.9 percent of all federal revenues.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/policy-basics-federal-payroll-taxes

[visualizeperfection]

Haven't given it much thought. I am retired and don't pay payroll tax, so it doesn't benefit me. Both the employer and the employee are levied payroll taxes. He's basically trying to cut Medicare, Social Security and other benefits. 

There's already a debate as to whether he is just blowing smoke or actually has the ability to put his most recent executive orders in play.

Policy Basics: Federal Payroll Taxes

The federal government levies payroll taxes on wages and self-employment income and uses the revenue to fund Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. Payroll taxes have become an increasingly important part of the federal budget over time, as the chart below shows. In fiscal year 2019, federal payroll taxes generated $1.24 trillion, which amounts to 5.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), or 35.9 percent of all federal revenues.
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/policy-basics-federal-payroll-taxes

He’s never lost a battle.

[Kwon]

[Primemuscle]

He’s never lost a battle.

If you mean Trump, he's lost a few times.

The federal court system has served as one of the biggest impediments to President Donald Trump's agenda, frequently striking down his policies or executive orders.

The Trump administration has lost 65 cases and challenges throughout the first two years of his presidency, according to The Washington Post.

The courts have also struck down 90% of the Trump administration's efforts to roll back federal regulations, CNBC reported.
Here's a short list of a few of the more controversial orders and directives the Federal courts have blocked:

Letting employers not offer birth control coverage in company insurance plans: Blocked

Putting a citizenship question on the 2020 census: Blocked

Cutting teen pregnancy prevention funding: Blocked

Rolling back environmental regulations: Some blocked, some allowed

Family separations under the "zero tolerance" policy: Blocked

Asylum ban: Blocked

Making migrants wait for their asylum hearings in Mexico: Blocked

Sanctuary cities crackdowns: Blocked

Ending DACA: Blocked

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-administration-court-cases-policy-outcomes-2019-4

[tom joad]

Is Trump taking hydroxychloroquine at Walter Reed?  What does he have to lose?