FDA pauses emergency authorization for blood plasma as coronavirus treatment
It's almost like they WANT to feed the fires of conspiracy theorists.
‘Course you realize that this doesn’t prevent doctors from using it.
‘Course you realize that this doesn’t prevent doctors from using it.
Finally, Bertoletti’s team looked for such T cells in blood samples from 37 healthy individuals with no history of either COVID-19 or SARS. To their surprise, more than half had T cells that recognize one or more of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins under study here. It’s still not clear if this acquired immunity stems from previous infection with coronaviruses that cause the common cold or perhaps from exposure to other as-yet unknown coronaviruses.
Would more doctors use it if it was approved by the FDA, emergency or not? Probably.
Can doctors use treatments that are not approved or use a medication approved for one thing to treat a different ailment? Sure. Happens every day.
I'm neither here nor there on Fauci. I do not believe any conspiracy theories, but I have no doubt that he he is "playing it safe", maybe to an extent not appropriate for the current situation. In the normal course of events, these things take longer, have more testing, more studies and less use of the emergency authorizations. Docs who are used to the way things "normally" are, most especially academics and appointees as opposed to physicians treating in the community, sometimes get stuck in the rut of "the rules say this so we can't waiver"? Absolutely. As for Dr. Collins, I have been following him for years. When I started teaching medical ethics about 10 years ago, he was a prominent voice. I have no qualms about his ethics or honesty...however, he is an academic and an appointee, so the same "rut" mentality may apply.
Personally, I think the current situation calls for a "if it unlikely to hurt, let's give it a shot"....which the medical ivory tower types have a tendency to eschew. Maybe they are fine with community based physicians using the stuff, but they don't want to go very far outside the "normal" processes to actually approve it. I think it's time to put "normal" aside to an extent.
I think with Faucci it's more than just "ivory tower" mentality... he's served in high ranking positions for decades and multiple administrations... you don't do that without being a shrewd political animal. This smacks of that to me.
And, the assumption I'm making is that without the emergency authorization "cover", for normal doctors practicing outside of the cover offered by studies, this would be an "experimental" treatment? Basically, the doc's behind would be flapping in the breeze...
Dr. Fauci is responsible for the population of the United States. The 7 billion should have been served by the WHO. Instead they were too busy taking their orders from Beijing to prevent over 95% of the deaths worldwide.Fauci is waiting on the science. Seems to me that is the only responsible position to be in when what you say can affect the 7 billion people on this planet.
Ready, Shoot, Aim in this circumstance is costly in terms of lives and treasure.
Dr. Fauci is responsible for the population of the United States. The 7 billion should have been served by the WHO. Instead they were too busy taking their orders from Beijing to prevent over 95% of the deaths worldwide.
If Fauci is waiting on the science, that’s a first during this pandemic. Kinda sucks having to continually say the opposite thing you just said a few weeks ago.Fauci is waiting on the science. Seems to me that is the only responsible position to be in when what you say can affect the 7 billion people on this planet.
Ready, Shoot, Aim in this circumstance is costly in terms of lives and treasure.
Could you elaborate a little on this please? I'm trying to understand how you came to this position.Your accusation is not something I can see as being correct. Perhaps you are, but plagues don't necessarily obey political conventions.
Fauci is waiting on the science. Seems to me that is the only responsible position to be in when what you say can affect the 7 billion people on this planet.
Ready, Shoot, Aim in this circumstance is costly in terms of lives and treasure.
If Fauci is waiting on the science, that’s a first during this pandemic. Kinda sucks having to continually say the opposite thing you just said a few weeks ago.
Could you elaborate a little on this please? I'm trying to understand how you came to this position.