You are talking about the president as if he is just some guy BSing at a BBQ. By discussing an unproven treatment he knowingly or not put his thumb on the scale of science, which is generally something we do not want.
We don't want scientific investments made because the president seems into them. We want those choices made by experts who are hopefully disinterested as possible. We want them considering the most likely successful treatments from their expert point of view.
You essentially can't have that now. And this goes beyond influence. The administration has been leaning on the FDA to give this ememgency approval.
This appears safe from the very preliminary studies we have but problems can develop at scale. These drugs are known to cause heart rhythm issues. It's conceivable that deploying then at scale in an emergency could lead to increase in fatal cardiac episodes. Were this drug not to actually work, large scale deployment would almost certainly do more harm than good.
The presidential podium confers added weight to everything a person says for good or ill and therefore should be used cautiously.
We don't want scientific investments made because the president seems into them. We want those choices made by experts who are hopefully disinterested as possible. We want them considering the most likely successful treatments from their expert point of view.
You essentially can't have that now. And this goes beyond influence. The administration has been leaning on the FDA to give this ememgency approval.
This appears safe from the very preliminary studies we have but problems can develop at scale. These drugs are known to cause heart rhythm issues. It's conceivable that deploying then at scale in an emergency could lead to increase in fatal cardiac episodes. Were this drug not to actually work, large scale deployment would almost certainly do more harm than good.
The presidential podium confers added weight to everything a person says for good or ill and therefore should be used cautiously.