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We have hundreds of times more wealth and resources than tiny South Korea, and yet our official response to this crisis isn't even as capable as Iran. And we have squandered valuable time by listening to despots peddling disinformation, the way Russia has been doing.
How almost half the country can interpret that as Trump "doing a good job" is beyond me, I just don't recognize this country anymore.

Hydroxychloroquine is a zinc ionophore that lets zinc into cells. This zinc can block viral replication, which is why researchers are investigating it. But hydroxychloroquine is an available prescription drug in the US because chloroquine had some obnoxious side effect. There is no reason to think that chloroquine and quinine don't act in the same manner. There are also lots of other zinc ionophores that are being investigated. Two of those are quercetin (QCT) and epigallocatechin-gallate.

The interesting thing is that one or both of these are found in green tea and to a lesser extent in black tea, red onions, broccoli, red raspberries, black grapes, and red wine!

Amazon is still taking orders for EGCG green tea extract.

Which political faction should suffer the wrath of righteous indignation?

Teen who may have died of coronavirus was turned away from urgent care due to lack of insurance

Is it the political faction that detests universal healthcare or is it the one that is committed to the idea of universal healthcare in a realistic, incremental implementation that leaves millions uninsured and leaves costs at over twice the price of its peer nations?

Your refusal to include all of the factions is duly noted.

If you bother to read that story, the urgent care could not treat him (probably because urgent care is not setup for Covid-19, heart attacks, respiratory arrest, strokes, etc.) and sent him to an ER that was prepared to treat him. He died on the way, and I bet that was in an ambulance with EMTs.

Supermarkets and auto supply stores don't treat medical emergencies, either. It's not Republicans or Democrats that are responsible for his death. Even with full-on single payer, urgent care would send him to an ER.

Electron microscope images of the virus:

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A little graveyard humor.

It's the MAGAvirus!!!

Should Trump's signature be on all of the CV-19 stimulus checks?

Raw Story

What, to remind them of the MORON that fiddled while Rome burned? Good idea, Mango Mussolini. We should put a caricature of your face on there, too.

I bet it would be effective in vote-getting amongst the vast numbers of the more feeble-minded.