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A Cybertruck ‘blew up’ outside Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas
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"Oh, I see that you're a rich - come with me to the executive wing of the hospital where we keep the cures"
No - the standard of care is not defined based on who or how much you have. You treat the same disease with the same treatment. Rich people can just afford treatments easier.
When Trump got COVID five years ago, he got treatment that is still not available to the general public.
We didn't know much about COVID-19 at the time and expanded use was frequent for drugs that are "generally considered safe" but whose effectiveness was questionable.
What was the special circumstance for which Trump got that treatment? Would you have had the option to also get it?
It was an emergency use - that the virus was novel, that we didn't have adequate treatments for it yet, and Trump was considered to be in a high-risk category.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=312.310
Yes - I would have had the same option were I in a high risk category.
Remember all those assholes getting Hydroxychloroquine? They were using a similar same emergency use authorization to do so since it was being used for things it was otherwise not authorized for.
Would your insurance have covered it? Did other people also get it as soon as Trump did?
I haven't asked my insurance company. Maybe? I've been very clear that he will have easier access to healthcare due to his status. I expect you to ignore this as well as every other idiot who feels clever replying to me telling me that he will have easier access to healthcare.
But the standard with which he is treated is the same. He can just afford it more easily.
Edited to address:
They had access to it the same time Trump did - the rule I linked to does not say "ONLY IF YOU'RE PRESIDENT".