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Post by mikkel on Mar 22, 2020 5:05:07 GMT -5
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Post by debutante on Mar 22, 2020 14:16:49 GMT -5
Mikkel:
There is what doctors legally say and there is what doctors do (if the patient is a family member and there is no chance whatsoever of them being sued if something goes haywire). Understand this in order to understand what any doctor says in a public forum.
Meaning-- publically, this doc will advocate for clinical double bind studies up the kazoo until the cows come home.
Let his wife, his children, or his grandchildren come down with Covid-19 and be at death's door and you'll see how fast he will whip out his script pad and do an off label usage.
Edited to add: off label usages are not covered by malpractice insurance. Hence, this doctor's reluctance to recommend this course of treatment be universally adopted as it would open up the profession to lawsuits galore unless steps were taken to legally exempt them in this particular case.
One more edit: Trump probably does not know that off label drug usages are not covered by malpractice insurance. Why would he? It's not something that people would think to discuss when desperately brainstorming to save lives. The docs were most likely thinking putting this drug through regular medical channels (which trials can take forever) and Trump, ever the businessman was thinking expediency in dispensing it (as in ASAP).
I think Trump believes it is covered under the "right to try" executive order he signed -- but that may be a legal gray area as my understanding is that was applied to fatal diseases. Covid-19 to my knowledge is not considered fatal to everyone who comes down with it. So, on that basis, the legality is a gray area.
-- Debutante
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Post by debutante on Mar 22, 2020 14:42:47 GMT -5
Mikkel:
Almost forgot -- I doubt public housing would toss out anyone due to back rent owed during a panendemic.
Rent due to private landlords is another issue altogether.
I would think....reasonably speaking, it might depend on the tenant. If you have a tenant that upkeeps the property, is quiet, and has always paid on time -- my guess is these types of tenants would be given time to get on their feet because they are good tenants. The landlord knows it wasn't their fault and if he has the capital to give them time; he will.
If the tenants are generally a pain in the butt, slobs, breaking things, noisy, late with paying all the time -- this will be the excuse to get rid of them.
--Debutante
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