{"id":73619,"date":"2020-03-19T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73619"},"modified":"2020-03-19T09:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:13:19","slug":"the-usual-disclaimers-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=73619","title":{"rendered":"The Usual Disclaimers Apply&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>But more of this, faster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: There is an anti-malaria drug called Hydroxychloroquine that looks to be highly effective at treating Coronavirus. <br><br>Initial tests show that on a dose of 600mg, 90% of infected COVID-19 patients tested negative in just 6 days. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XXDamhYmvn\">pic.twitter.com\/XXDamhYmvn<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Michael Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelCoudrey\/status\/1240143162510893058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>It may turn out all for naught.  But on the other hand, a very timely advance like that &#8211; almost <em>deus ex machina<\/em>, if not a maguffin &#8211; would be a wonderful break for the economy, wouldn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the slower and steadier front &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/about\/news\/2020\/03\/17\/secretary-azar-announces-historic-expansion-of-telehealth-access-to-combat-covid-19.html?utm_source=TWITTER&amp;utm_medium=TWITTER&amp;utm_content=100001185981000&amp;utm_campaign=Engagement&amp;linkId=100000011227226\">US Health and Human Services will waive HIPAA regulations for &#8220;Telecare&#8221; consultations, even for HIPAA infractions committed &#8220;In good faith<\/a>&#8220;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary Azar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Thanks to the Public Health Emergency I declared in January, more older Americans will be able to access healthcare they need from their home, without worrying about putting themselves or others at risk during the COVID-19 outbreak. Providers will be allowed to use everyday technologies to talk to telehealth patients, more telehealth services will be covered for millions more Medicare beneficiaries, and providers will be allowed to offer these telehealth benefits to Medicare beneficiaries at a lower cost than traditional services. From the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, President Trump has been knocking out every bureaucratic obstacle possible that stands in the way of a rapid and effective response. We are grateful to the hard work of those across HHS who put together these actions, and we&#8217;re grateful to American&nbsp;healthcare providers for working to take advantage of these options and continue their heroic work serving patients during the outbreak.&#8221;<\/p><cite><br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>What a week: liberals buying guns, people appreciating going to work, kids wanting to be back at school?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been saying for years &#8211; after a disaster, everyone becomes a conservative.   Who knows? <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But more of this, faster: BREAKING: There is an anti-malaria drug called Hydroxychloroquine that looks to be highly effective at treating Coronavirus. Initial tests show that on a dose of 600mg, 90% of infected COVID-19 patients tested negative in just 6 days. pic.twitter.com\/XXDamhYmvn \u2014 Michael Coudrey (@MichaelCoudrey) March 18, 2020 It may turn out all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,416,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservatism","category-covid19","category-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73619"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73621,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73619\/revisions\/73621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}