*Note, first, how "our free press" misrepresents dexamethasone as the first drug* *"shown to improve COVID-19 survival," as if hydroxychloroquine, along with zinc,* *has not been "shown" to do so, all over the US and the world.*
*And even though this news about corticosteroids is making headlines only now,* *doctors testified as to their effectiveness in COVID-19 treatment some six weeks* *ago—and, in so doing, complained that the CDC and FDA had warned doctors* *against prescribing corticosteroids for off-label use. (Scroll down to read Paul* *Lehto's commentary.)* *MCM* *Steroid drug hailed as 'breakthrough' for seriously ill COVID-19 patients* https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-steroid-idUSKBN23N1VP Cheap Drug Is First Shown to Improve COVID-19 Survival https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/06/16/health/ap-us-med-virus-outbreak-treatment.html By The Associated Press *From Paul Lehto:* > > *The effectiveness of corticosteroids against COVID-19 was noted back on > May 7, when doctors in the FLCC * > *(Front Line Covid Critical Care group) testified about it in the Senate. And those doctors did not just **report * * remarkable success in **treating 98 out of 100 critically ill **COVID patients with corticosteroids, but—even more* * important—they complained **that the health agencies had warned against off-label use of corticosteroids, such * * as prednisone, although doctors **do that every day. They speculated that the regulatory agencies—i.e., Big Pharma* * —are more interested in therapies **based on antiviral drugs and, of course, vaccines. * > * So now it has been proven that corticosteroids do save the lives of > COVID-19 patients, while the FDA and CDC are* > *helping to kill off such patients by telling doctors not to prescribe them. * > > > * (Now let's see if they attack dexamethasone!) * > > > > *Testimony to Senate about the above and saying that prednisone plus > vitamin C and heparin saved 98 out of 100 * > *critically ill patients is here [as is much else worth reading—MCM]:* > *https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/download/testimony-kory-2020-05-06-revised > <https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/download/testimony-kory-2020-05-06-revised> * > > > > > -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W_augReUnZU1BVRO7oyitQkvDZwqnVXe4jPeU%2Bphc5tbg%40mail.gmail.com.
