The ultimate outrage

 Okay, probably not. Nobody knows what the ultimate outrage is, we ' ve fallen into a black hole of outrages and there is no bottom. But for the Commissioner of the FDA to stand up before TV cameras in the White House and tell a blatant lie because his God Emperor ordered him to is such a grotesque perversion of public responsibility, professional ethics and basic morality that I don ' t see any room underneath him.Specifically,James Hahn told the world that 35 out of 100 people who would otherwise die from Covid-19 would survive if given convalescent plasma. That was a lie, which Hahn repeated to the world on orders, because Dear Leader wanted to announce a " therapeutic breakthrough " on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Obviously if Hahn had a shred of conscience or cared about his own dignity he would resign. And he should obviously be impeached. But neither will happen.I found the NYT had the best explanation of this but it ' s paywalledso I ' ll give you Vox.In case you don ' t know, this form of treatment is used for other viral infections. Blood plasma from people who have been infected contains antibodies, so the idea is it can help fight the infection if infused into actively infected people. There have been a few non-randomized, small studies of convalescent plasma for Covid-19, with mixed results. But the large scale randomized controlled trial needed to establish its safety and effectiveness has not been done. Nevertheless doctors are using it. ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - Category: American Health Source Type: blogs