Old Malaria Drug HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE May Help Cure Coronavirus. Updated

Socio-Political Journal  "A drug developed over half a century ago to treat malaria is showing signs that it may also help cure COVID-19 — especially when combined with an antibiotic, a promising new study reveals.
"Hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand name Plaquenil — and also used to treat arthritis and other ailments — was determined to be effective in killing the deadly bug in laboratory experiments, Forbes reported, citing findings published March 9 in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal.
" '(W)e predict that the drug has a good potential to combat the disease,” the study’s authors, most from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, wrote in a letter published in Cell Discovery on Wednesday, according to the report.
"Now, French physician-researchers have completed a largely successful clinical trial using the drug — approved for use in the US in 1955 — to treat confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to a study published Wednesday.
"A total of 36 patients — including 20 treated individuals and 16 infected controls — were enrolled in the study, led by Didier Raoult, an infectious disease expert from l’Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire in Marseille." . . .  More on this here...

Updates:
ABC News: What do malaria and COVID-19 have in common? On the surface, not much. But according to early research, an old malaria drug called chloroquine might also work for the new coronavirus.

Here’s How Long Clinical Trials For Possible Coronavirus Cure Will Take, According To Experts  "Clinical trials to test a malaria drug for use on coronavirus patients could take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to complete, infectious disease experts said Thursday.

"Scientists who study infectious diseases are cautiously optimistic about using chloroquine or its derivative, hydroxychloroquine, to treat or even cure coronavirus patients after lab studies and a clinical trial in France showed that the malaria medication was effective against the virus." . . .

Dr. Fauci – on Chloroquine – I’m not dismissing it at all and I hope that interpretation wasn’t widespread.

Trump vs Fauci: President and doctor spar over unproven drug From a site known as "BS".

Dem Super Pacs Gear Up To Spend MILLIONS On Ad Campaign Blaming Trump For Coronavirus

The liberals, the press, the TV talk shows, left-wing personalities the schools, entire 

political organizations are after one man to hold on to their power. 

Daily Wire    "Democrat dark money groups are linking up, joining forces for a multi-million-dollar ad campaign designed to convince voters that President Donald Trump should bear the blame for the American coronavirus pandemic.
"The Washington Post reports that Pacronym, a Democratic mega-group focused on the 2020 presidential election, will spend at least $5 million in the first offensive attack of the 2020 presidential campaign season, airing commericals in key battleground states blaming Trump for ignoring the growing coronavirus threat.  . . . 
. . . "Several news organizations have reported on the issue and nearly all agree that the office was downsized, not eliminated, and at the request of then-national security advisor John Bolton, not President Trump. Bolton felt that the pandemic office, along with several other national security task forces, had become bloated; some had grown by dozens of employees under the Obama Administration, many of whom, Bolton felt, were not necessary." . . .
"Acronym and Pacronym have ties to both the Obama campaign, through Pacronym board of directors member David Plouffe, who served as former President Barack Obama’s chief campaign strategist, and to Hillary Clinton’s ill-fated 2016 operation, through a number of high-level advisors and operatives. The Acronym, Pacronym, and Shadow, Inc., employees who built the Iowa caucus app came straight off Clinton’s 2016 tech team." . . .

Since 2017: Rep. Gutierrez: We're Going To "ELIMINATE" Trump

BREAKING NEWS: "PATIENT ZERO" FOUND  "Researchers have discovered who the first Covid-19 carrier was, and how this individual spread the illness worldwide...'

It wsill come down to Trump vs Biden's running mate

Democratic strategists are demagoguing it in a way that seems analogous to the freak storm Katrina, which wrecked the second term of George W. Bush, or the 2008 financial meltdown, which ruined the Republican brand and, with it, the candidacy of John McCain.

Biden's dementia is a Democrat strong point; his running mate will be the likely president. TD

Victor Davis Hanson: The Mysterious Rise, Fall, and Rise of Joe Biden  . . . "Meanwhile, rival Bernie Sanders in the new year took over the lead in the polls. He focused on evil corporations, an unfair America, and a rigged system. His populism drew crowds even as his socialism terrified the Democratic Party establishment.
"By early 2020, Sanders was feared to be unstoppable.
. . . "Sanders began praising Cuba and other Marxist countries, thereby confirming criticism that he really was too soft on Communism.". . . 
"At no time did Biden cease his bloopers or embarrassing moments of forgetfulness and confusion. The field changed, not Biden himself.
"After Super Tuesday, Biden was, by process of elimination, suddenly the front-runner again in one of the more amazing comebacks in primary history.
"Democrats may have dodged the Sanders socialist bullet and united the party behind Biden, but how will Biden beat Trump?
"Biden’s threefold strategy is obvious.
"First, Biden will copy the Bloomberg playbook and avoid campaign appearances as much as possible, instead relying on ads, endorsements, and the occasional short, teleprompter-aided speech.
"Biden also will name administration officials in advance and use a dozen or so of them as surrogates and anti-Trump attack dogs on the campaign trail.
"The subtext will be that the abstract idea of Biden is preferable to the concrete reality of hearing him speak or seeing him in action.
"Second, Biden’s running mate, with a wink and a nod, will be sold as the likely future president sooner than later."

Joe Biden: The Comeback Gramps  . . . "Credit congressman Jim Clyburn with the assist. His February 26 endorsement was powerful—and more decisive than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's backing of Sanders last October." . . .

As with Trump, primary voters preferred the candidate in the center

Cartoons by Tony Branco

Watch: CNN Panelist Accidentally Says the Quiet Part out Loud About the Network’s Leftist Political Leanings

RedState  "You know how they say that if you let a person talk long enough eventually the truth comes out?
"That’s exactly what happened during a live CNN segment earlier this week that was anchored by anchor Anderson Cooper.
"On the panel was Cooper, senior political commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod, Clintonista Terry McAuliffe, chief political analyst Gloria Borger, and Justice Democrats executive director Alexandra Rojas." . . .

"Midway through the segment, however, Rojas let something slip about CNN’s leftist political leanings (bolded emphasis added)::

. . . "No one on the panel objected (as you can see from the full video clip here), including Cooper and Borger – who are supposed to be the “objective” members of the panel." . . .

CNN Blasts the President for Daring to Offer ‘Unsubstantiated Hope’

The Media Are Embarrassing Themselves Over Trump’s Use Of ‘Chinese Virus’

The Federalist

the mainstream media’s ranks are populated by biased hacks who don’t care half as much about reporting accurately on the Wuhan coronavirus as they care about making Trump seem like a racist.

. . . " Why? Because the mainstream media’s ranks are populated by biased hacks who don’t care half as much about reporting accurately on the Wuhan coronavirus as they care about making Trump seem like a racist.
“ 'Why do you keeping calling it the Chinese virus?” asked a seemingly indignant and bewildered Cecilia Vega of ABC News during Trump’s press briefing yesterday, citing “dozens of incidents of bias against Chinese Americans in this country.” Isn’t this racist? Trump’s answer was straightforward and bone-crushingly obvious: “Because it comes from China. It’s not racist at all, it comes from China. That’s why. It comes from China. I want it to be accurate.' ”

Tony Branco

Media And Corporate Elites Act As PR Machine For Chinese Communist Party

. . . Deathly decisions are not new or foreign to the CCP. It’s estimated that the Chinese Communist Party is directly responsible for the death of more humans than is any other organization in human history.  . . .

 Mass deaths come naturally to Communists  No big deal.

Democrats praising Trump? Really? CNN? Well...no

Rich Terrell

Political tectonic plates are shifting as media and other Dems start praising Trump’s crisis management (and as his polls rise)  "Political tectonic plates are shifting as progs like Ilhan Omar start praising Trump’s crisis management (and as his polls rise)

"At first, the growing wave of praise for President Trump’s handling of the Coronavirus catastrophe seemed like pigs flying, an unexpected and rare event. But now that the governors of deep blue California and New York have been joined by Ilhan Omar in admiring his handling of the crisis, we can see that forces far larger than individuals going rogue from Trump Derangement Syndrome are at work. TDS  is being swamped by the reality of an existential crisis." . . . 

"To my eyes, he also seems to be getting his metaphorical sea legs as a presidential crisis leader, backing his team strongly (and receiving visible and effusive support back from them) while bringing along the public with them as they scramble to figure out together what is in the best interests of the nation.

"Seven and a half months, the amount of time until the nation votes, is an eternity in politics, and a lot can happen. But right now, President Trump is solidifying his role as our leader, who is doing his best to save his allies and his foes alike from a threat that could kill any or all of us."

States Making Life Impossibly Hard for Truckers, Who Can't Find Food and Bathrooms UPDATED

PJ Media "In this unprecedented crisis brought to us by the lying Communists in China, the COVID-19 pandemic panic has gone too far. America's truckers, the people we rely on to restock our empty grocery shelves, are being treated like disease vectors and worse, they've been forgotten.
"The state of Pennsylvania thought it was a good idea to shut down all the rest stops where truckers sleep, including closing the bathrooms—until the trucking lobby caught the ear of the president. Thirteen rest stops have been reopened in Pennsylvania, but our truckers are being forced to use porta-Johns that are far dirtier than the public bathrooms. How is this helping?
"It's not just rest areas, but restaurants are closing their dining rooms, even in truck stops. Truckers can't go through drive-thrus. How are they supposed to eat while they are killing themselves to bring us toilet paper and fresh produce? Companies receiving the goods aren't even letting the drivers use their bathrooms.
"This has to stop, people. We owe our truckers more consideration than this. Read this thread from a trucker on Twitter and feel ashamed. Then call your representatives and tell them to do something about this. It begins, "TRUCKERS NEED YOUR HELP" and describes the terrible conditions they are faced with due to the WuFlu lockdown." . . .

UPDATE: PA Turnpike to reopen all 17 closed service plazas to support truckers amid COVID-19 crisis "The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has agreed to reopen all of service plazas that they shuttered earlier this week for Coronavirus.
"All 17 closed service plazas are set to reopen at 7 a.m. on Friday, March 20, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
"Restroom facilities will be available to drivers 24 hours per day starting at 7 a.m. on Friday. Porta-potties will remain in place for use at the service plaza locations for another week.
"The service plazas will be offering limited food options for take-out only from 8 a.m." . . .

Trump moves beyond calling the media Fake News and calls them Corrupt News.

Rion

Andrea Widburg   "Chanel Rion, who is half Korean, is the White House Correspondent for One America Network (aka OAN), an openly conservative news station. On Thursday, during President Trump’s now daily press briefing, she asked him why it was appropriate to use the phrase “Chinese Virus” when referring to the coronavirus.
"President Trump seized the opportunity to say that this was an accurate term and that the Fake News media were parroting Chinese propaganda when they accused him of being racist. The mainstream media responded by doing everything short of falling on the fainting couch with smelling salts at the horror of it all – and then by demonstrating that they are, in fact, repeating the Chinese party line.
"Rion’s question didn’t pull punches about her pro-American, anti-Chinese-communism bias. She first asked Trump whether the phrase “Chinese food” was racist. Trump, after noting that he liked OAN, agreed that the phrase wasn’t racist at all.

"Then, Rion got to the heart of the matter:

On that note, major left-wing news media — even in this room — have teamed up with Chinese Communist Party narratives and they’re claiming you’re racist for making these claims about ‘Chinese virus.’ Is it alarming that major media players, just to oppose you, are consistently siding with foreign state propaganda, Islamic radicals and Latin gangs and cartels? And they work right here at the White House with direct access to you and your team?

"Given an opening, Trump took it:" . . .

Videos in the article and a wrapup with this:

After inserting a knife into CNN, Ms. Widberg twists it with this: 

In a time of crisis, CNN turns to a real expert in crisis management: Sean Penn

. . . "These things, though, don’t interest CNN. Filling airtime and attacking Trump are its bottom line goals. No wonder Sean Penn is now one of its go-to experts. The mainstream media are corrupt, and they are disgusting."

Soros' $2M Helps Lift Prosecutor Who Dropped Smollett Charges

Newsmax  "The Illinois prosecutor whose office dropped felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett after his staged hate crime won the Democratic primary, helped by a $2 million donation from liberal billionaire George Soros, The Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday.

"Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx defeated the other contenders in the primary with 50.2% of the vote and will be heavily favored to beat Republican Patrick O'Brien in the November elections in the solidly Democratic county.

"In addition to Soros, other liberal donors and groups also backed Foxx, despite the national criticism directed at her for her handling of the Smollett case.

"The actor last year claimed a pair of masked men attacked him in Chicago, hurling racist and homophobic slurs at him while declaring the city "MAGA country."

"However, a police investigation revealed Smollett hired two men to fake the attack, leading to 16 felony charges against him for disorderly conduct, according to the Free Beacon.

"In a controversial move, Foxx's office dropped the charges after she discussed the case with one of Smollet's relatives at the request of Michelle Obama's former chief of staff." / / /