Eyes new unproven coronavirus "cure"

[struggle4progress]

18 hours ago
Jonathan Swan

... President Trump has expressed enthusiasm for the Food and Drug Administration to permit an extract from the oleander plant to be marketed as a dietary supplement or, alternatively, approved as a drug to cure COVID-19, despite lack of proof that it works ...

There is no public data showing oleandrin has ever been tested in animals or humans for its efficacy against COVID-19, but the extract has shown some evidence of inhibiting the virus in a non-peer reviewed laboratory study.

In an interview on Saturday, Whitney told Axios that oleandrin has been tested on humans for its efficacy against COVID-19 but said the study has not been published yet. He also said the lab study is in the process of being peer reviewed.

HUD Secretary Carson has enthusiastically promoted oleandrin to Trump administration officials and to the president himself ...

https://www.axios.com/trump-covid-oleandrin-9896f570-6cd8-4919-af3a-65ebad113d41.html

[SheltieLover]

2. Oleander is deadly!!!!!

Deadly poison!

[Thekaspervote]

5. Yes a very deadly poison!! Was commonly used to murder in the 19th century

[SheltieLover]

8. Thx for sharing

Sounds like something out of a cozy mystery, which I regularly inhale. 😳

[NCjack]

3. quack.

[SheltieLover]

9. Needs to be behind bars!

Practicing medicine without a license! 🤬

[Baked Potato]

4. Flim Flam Scoundrel.

[SheltieLover]

10. Yup

Like JD Rockefeller's grandpa selling "Nujol" as a cure all. Raw, crude oil.

[MerryBlooms]

6. Great. Now poison control will have to deal with idiots making their own 'medicine'.

[SheltieLover]

11. Lock his ass up!

Yes they will.

[crickets]

7. With a bleach chaser, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleandrin#Traditional_medicine

Traditional medicine
Although oleander has been used in traditional medicine for treating various disorders, there is no evidence that it is safe or effective for any medicinal purpose.[1] Due to its considerable toxicity, use of oleander or its constituents, such as oleandrin, is regarded as unsafe and potentially lethal.[1] Use of oleander may cause contact dermatitis, headache, nausea, lethargy, and high blood levels of potassium, with symptoms appearing within a few hours of ingestion.[1] [snip]

Effects on animals
Oleandrin poisoning by eating oleander leaves can be lethal at low dosages.[30] Cases of sheep lethality have been reported to only one leaf of Oleander.[10] Symptoms present in poisoned animals include bloody diarrhea and colic, the latter especially in horses. Because the leaf itself is quite bitter, only starving animals will be likely to eat the plant. The lethal dosage for animals is estimated to be about 0.5 mg/kg.[10]

:golf clap:

[SheltieLover]

12. Ty!

[OAITW r.2.0]

13. I think every Republican Trump voter should volunteer to trial it.

Own the Libs! What have they got to lose?

[ismnotwasm]

14. People are straight up going to die and not from Covid

That’s seriously poisonous plant