I will eagerly vote him & the trump admin out.

That being said,

I’m concerned about the political divide in our Medical Society. I’m afraid lives will be lost & others, severely altered, bcz of this divide.
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DeSantis, hydroxychloroquine pitchman https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2020/04/07/desantis-hydroxychloroquine-pitchman-1273517

I am afraid that the powers behind our nation’s extreme divide are fervently working to create the same in our Med society, taking full advantage of the chaos in the midst of this global crisis.
I’m seeing Med voices raging that “ it’s not been studied” while other Med voices/2

our Medical Society to be flexible in discussing treatment options, delivering info in a clearer manner than our task force is being and doing it absent feelings for or against this admin. It’s hard. I know. These are emotional times. If we’re to get though this, mitigating /7

as much damage as possible, while reducing the vulnerability of our nation to adversarial powers, we need #MedTwitter to take the lead. /end

& refusal to allow medical experts a full discussion on the drug in task force press conferences, with specific info directed to our Med society. I see Med voices on another side, praising trump and telling America to get out of his way, touting this drug as an absolute miracle/4

What I’m not seeing is a untied Med society voice that’s putting aside political divides and delivering clear information to American citizens via their various platforms. The press conf’s lean to trump’s side of everything. We need unbiased direction from leaders within/5

site reports of it helping some pts across the globe. I see a lot of murky details like DeSantis’ Israel, extremist evangelical base connection & his procurement via Israel’s TEVA of this drug. I see questions about potential trump investments. I see rage at trump’s arrogance/3

our nation’s medical society to say what is and is not working, after culling data as we go along and what hope could or could not have in various tried therapies. The GP doesn’t care how much you adore your chosen leader or how much you abhor our president. We need to see/6