I watched the first 6 minutes of it (thus far). She says many deaths would not have happened -- but it's not clear why they would not have happened -- she drops the subject instead of completing it. Obviously she means "because of lies" but she doesn't identify a particular lie that makes sense in the context. Or at least I didn't get it. Close to that, she talks about how there _are_ treatments for C***d beyond what we are told -- and that's believable, but maybe not as significant as she indicates. It may be that _hospitals_ can't offer all the treatments because they don't have enough trained staff to handle all the cases. (I mean, I can see how "treatments" relates to "deaths would not have happened" but she doesn't make the connection really clear and the amount of significance or the context seem a little fuzzy to me.)
(But here's a treatment that anybody can do at home: "proning". I saw a video about it circulating around and I think it looks plausible. I think the public should have been told about that. But all I know about that is the one little video which appears to be common sense.)
She (Dr. Simone Gold) talks a little while about how the name changed from W***n v***s to C****-** and she calls that a Big Lie but I am unimpressed. It's not _that_ important to me what the disease is called. But I can understand why a phrase like "Chinese v***s" used by a person like Trump in a country like the U.S. could be inflammatory in a wrong way -- and have been hearing how that is playing out from an Asian-American I know -- and _that_ is significant.
Then she talks about hydroxychloroquine. I looked it up. My understanding (and I'm not a doctor, I'm just a person who reads sporadically) is that in places where malaria is a big problem, taking hydroxychloroquine is a lot better than not taking it, because malaria is so much worse than hydroxychloroquine. However, hydroxychloroquine has numerous side-effects, some of which could be serious (
https://www.drugs.com/sfx/hydroxychloroquine-side-effects.html ), so, taking hydroxychloroquine in a place where there's very low risk of contracting malaria might be worse than not taking it.
An additional factor in the significance of hydroxychloroquine during this p******c might be a false assurance that it's effective against C****-** -- but I only listened for 6 minutes, so if she addressed that point then I haven't heard it yet.
In your own post you say "real actual, practicing doctors, rather than political hacks, who have ties to Bill Gates". I don't know a lot of doctors really well up close. I have my own doctor in Kaiser. Would you think he is a "political hack" with "ties to Bill Gates"? I think he's a real "front-line doctor" whether he joins an organization by that name or not. He told me a few weeks ago that every other person he sees (meaning: 1 of every 2) (or: 50% of his patients) is a C***d case. He's just a medical doctor, the kind where I get my annual physical checkup; he's not a C***d specialist. He didn't tell me any of these things you or that Dr. Simone Gold says.
There's another doctor acquaintance I have and what he says about C***d is to take lots of Vitamin D. He has to take C***d seriously because his hospital's running low on capacity because of so many cases of it. I don't have any reason to think he's a "political hack" with "ties to Bill Gates". He weighs in sometimes on informal discussions about C***d and he doesn't say anything like what you or that Dr. Simone Gold are saying. He mentioned that he has a meter (that would be a CO2 meter, most likely) by which he can estimate the amount of risk of C***d t***smission in a room.
Regarding "ties to Bill Gates": Are we supposed to be suspicious of Bill Gates -- why? You didn't spell that out. Are we supposed to think a lot of people have "ties to Bill Gates" -- why? Is it because he's a billionaire -- and unlike the one in the White House, this time it's supposedly an _untrustworthy_ billionaire? (there's some sarcasm in that).
One could think Dr. F***i might be a "political hack" only because he has a position in government (and anything "government" might have a "political" element). However, I think the opposite. In my opinion, Donald Trump is the political hack and Dr. F***i has been a moderating influence and a real expert in infectious diseases (whereas Donald Trump's expertise is in manipulating gullible crowds). And _somebody_ should have such a position (as F***i's) in government -- that doesn't automatically make them a "political hack".
Dr. F***i has been an okay communicator but maybe not a really good communicator. If so, it might be because a lot of people at his level of government get fired by Trump from merely speaking the t***h openly; so, he had to be careful how much he said and how he said it. Also sometimes scientists aren't good public communicators -- the sk**ls needed for doing research aren't the same as the sk**ls for public speaking, and some people don't have both. Also, I believe Dr. F***i was (wrongfully) _prevented_ (by the Trump Administration) from speaking more often to the public.
The Trump Administration's been bad for scientific communication. " 'LIKE A HAND GRASPING': TRUMP APPOINTEES DESCRIBE THE CRUSHING OF THE C.D.C.
BY THE NEW YORK TIMES | DECEMBER 16, 2020
Kyle McGowan, a former chief of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and his deputy, Amanda Campbell, go public on the Trump administration’s manipulation of the agency. "
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/strategy/hand-grasping-trump-appointees-describe-crushing-cdc - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~
I've seen a few nurses and doctors on video and I've seen some of what they're saying in the news. One thing they've been saying a lot since the p******c started is that they don't have enough medical equipment such as masks. I had some extra N95 masks left over from fire season, and donated them to nurses, because they need such equipment more than I do, and there hasn't been enough of it to go around.
I don't know how anyone can look at the news regularly and not think that doctors and nurses -- a great many of them working on the front lines -- are very concerned about the spread of C****-** and do take it seriously and want us to "stay home" and -- when we do go out -- "wear masks" if we have to go out in public among people.
I'm retired and don't have to work now. Since the p******c started, I stay away from people almost all the time, wear a mask when I'm out in public, and support my trusted favorite cafe which now has only take-out, no dining in.
I think my "mask" ideas are realistic; the mask isn't going to stop _me_ from catching C***d; what's going to stop me from catching C***d (knock on wood) is not being around people in rooms more than just short times or rarely. What's going to stop me from t***smitting C***d to _others_ (if I do catch it -- then I could be contagious even when I don't know I've got it) is (1) my mask and (2) hardly ever being near anyone, especially not in small rooms.
I hope I don't break a bone or get any other medical condition requiring a doctor, because there might not be a doctor available because the hospitals and medical staff are being stressed to the breaking point, and also if I do have to go in then I might catch C***d there.
I've already lost one friend to C***d (death), expect to lose one more during the next several months (death by C***d -- that's what I think will happen), and have been hearing second-hand about several deaths due to C***d (people my acquaintances care about). I hope that my family stays safe -- we're spread out, living in different places.
I watched the first 6 minutes of it (thus far). S... (