Nancy Pelosi: 'Morbidly obese' Trump shouldn't be taking hydroxychloroquine

[Achilles]

Nancy Pelosi: 'Morbidly obese' Trump shouldn't be taking hydroxychloroquine



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By Victor Morton -
The Washington Times - Monday, May 18, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to President Trump as “morbidly obese” during an appearance Monday night on CNN and said he shouldn’t be taking hydroxychloroquine to stave off coronavirus.

Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, made the remark in an appearance on “Anderson Cooper 360” during which she was asked about Mr. Trump’s taking the drug, which he’d revealed earlier in the day.

She said taking that drug was not a good idea for the president because of his “age group and in his, shall we say, weight group,” which she described as “morbidly obese.”

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Speaker Pelosi says that President @realDonaldTrump should not take Hydroxychloroquine because he is “morbidly obese.” pic.twitter.com/2a1XDw1Gvg
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 19, 2020

The 80-year-old speaker, who is second in the presidential succession line behind Vice President Mike Pence, said she would “rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists.”

To be considered “morbidly obese,” a technical term, a person would have to be 100 pounds over his ideal body weight and have a BMI of 40 or more, or 35 or more if he also has obesity-related health conditions, such as diabetes or high blood pressure.

Those conditions would not seem to apply to Mr. Trump.

His body-mass index, according to a 2019 medical examination, is 30.4, which is considered “obese,” but not morbidly so.

At 6-foot-3, his 243-pound weight isn’t close to 100 pounds too much, and the same physical put him in “very good health overall” with a resting pulse rate of 70 and a blood pressure reading of 118/80 — all three figures well within normal range.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ese-shouldnt-/

[Achilles]

WH doctor: 'Potential benefit' of Trump taking hydroxychloroquine 'outweighed' risks

By Brett Samuels - 05/18/20 08:23 PM EDT



President Trump's physician on Monday confirmed that the president is now taking the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine despite not having the coronavirus, saying he and Trump concluded "the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks."

In a 114-word letter released by the White House hours after Trump announced he was taking the medication, presidential physician Sean Conley wrote that he discussed the pros and cons of taking the drug with Trump after one of his personal valets tested positive for the coronavirus.

But the letter contained no specifics on when Trump started taking the drug or what his dosage is.

"In consultation with our inter-agency partners and subject matter experts around the country, I continue to monitor the myriad studies investigating potential COVID-19 therapies, and I anticipate employing the same shared medical decision making based on the evidence at hand in the future," Conley wrote.

Trump told reporters earlier Monday he had started taking the controversial drug, which he has championed as a potential treatment for coronavirus despite limited evidence from the medical community.

The president said he consulted with the White House doctor about taking hydroxychloroquine, but it was not explicitly recommended for him since he has not tested positive for the virus.

"I asked him what do you think," Trump said. "He said, 'Well, if you’d like it.' I said, 'Yeah, I’d like it. I’d like to take it.' "

He said he's been taking the drug for about a week-and-a-half along with a zinc supplement, adding he based his decision on positive reviews he's heard from front-line health care workers who have had good results treating patients with it.

"Here’s my evidence: I get a lot of positive calls about it," Trump said.

"So far, I seem to be OK," he added.

The decision drew swift skepticism and some condemnation given the drug remains largely unproven and in some cases dangerous. The pill is typically taken as an anti-malaria drug or to treat lupus, and there is scant evidence it can prevent the onset of coronavirus.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning last month that hydroxychloroquine should not be taken outside a hospital or clinical trial because of the risk of severe heart problems

The drug showed no benefit for patients in an analysis of those hospitalized in Veterans Health Administration medical centers. The study, released last month, found the two primary outcomes for COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine were death and the need for mechanical ventilation.

The president spent weeks in March and April touting hydroxychloroquine as a potential panacea to the coronavirus, despite limited evidence to suggest it is effective in a clinical setting.

Trump repeatedly argued that patients had “nothing to lose” by taking the drug and even suggested they take it proactively.


https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...f-trump-taking

[Buster]

she must fear that it will work
if she thought that it would hurt him she would probably cheer him on

[merovingian]

She's just an evil old sea hag. The world will be a better place when she's gone.

[always learning]

she will be here for a while even satan does not want her to go to hell, the property values will plummet

[moestooge]

Pelosi is morbidly evil and moronic.

[Lenno]

James Woods Hammers Pelosi as ‘Morbidly Corrupt’ After Her ‘Morbidly Obese’ Jab at Trump

[PatDaly]

I would LOVE to see her try and keep up with that "morbidly obese" old man.................... She would drop of sleep deprivation or a heart attack in under a week.

Bitch.

[moestooge]

I would LOVE to see her try and keep up with that "morbidly obese" old man.................... She would drop of sleep deprivation or a heart attack in under a week.

Bitch.

Pelosi won't have a heart attack, as she lacks a heart.

[PatDaly]

Pelosi won't have a heart attack, as she lacks a heart.

Point duly noted and agreed upon.