10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/SENIORS: “We’re taking care of our seniors. You’re not vulnerable but they like to say ‘the vulnerable,’ but you’re the least vulnerable, but for this one thing, you are vulnerable and so am I. But I want you to get the same care that I got. I got incredible care at Walter Reed, incredible doctors […]

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10/8/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/SENIORS: “So, to my favorite people in the world – the seniors. I’m a senior, I know you don’t know that, nobody knows that, maybe you don’t have to tell them, but I’m a senior. We are making tremendous progress with this horrible disease that was sent over by China. China will pay a big […]

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8/26/2020

CORONAVIRUS/FDA/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar pushed back Wednesday against claims that President Trump pressured the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize the use of convalescent plasma to treat coronavirus patients, but he did credit Trump for removing ‘unnecessary bureaucratic red tape that stands in the way of saving lives.’… […]

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8/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FDA: “FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn is walking back comments on the benefits of convalescent plasma, saying he could have done a better job of explaining the data on its effectiveness against the coronavirus after authorizing it for emergency use over the weekend… The FDA’s decision to authorize emergency use came a day after President […]

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8/24/2020

CORONAVIRUS/FDA: [Tim Boyum: “Over the weekend, you criticized, sort of, the FDA, for potentially delaying whether it’s a [coronavirus] vaccine or therapeutic. Do we have evidence of that or is that a gut feeling that you have?”] “Well, I think there’s some evidence and I think it’s a big gut feeling, and in the meantime, […]

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8/22/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FDA: “Many doctors and studies disagree with this! RT @TwitterMoments The FDA is revoking its emergency use authorization of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for treating COVID-19 amid growing evidence that the drugs are ‘unlikely to be effective’ in treating the coronavirus.“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 22, 2020 2:26 am […]

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8/17/2020

CORONAVIRUS/FDA: [Reporter: “Oleandrin — have you heard of that as a possible therapy for coronavirus?”] “I’ve heard of it, yes.” [Reporter: “Have you pressed the FDA to approve it?”] “No, I haven’t. I haven’t… Is it something that people are talking about very strongly? We’ll look at it. We’ll look it. We’re looking at a lot […]

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7/24/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “[W]e’re working very hard on therapeutics and a vaccine for the China virus, which remains our top priority and which are coming along at record speed… Additionally, my administration has secured 90 percent of the world’s supply of the drug remdesivir, which is having great impact for the United States.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President […]

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4/23/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So I asked Bill [Bryan, acting undersecretary for the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate] a question… So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light… And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can […]

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4/9/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Through the FDA’s Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program, 19 therapies and treatments are now being tested and 26 more are in the active planning for clinical trial. So we have 19 therapies being tested currently, and 26 more are in the active planning for clinical trials. That’s a big statement. That’s a lot. […]

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