rant · moment 3 of 20
Chloroquine, Trump's Failure, and Taiwan's Success
from #192 - Coronavirus The Musical | The Tim Dillon Show · #192
3 min
Tim discusses chloroquine and erythromycin as potential treatments and their dangerous side effects, then rips into Trump's failure to prepare compared to Taiwan's efficient, high-tech pandemic response.
- Chloroquine was used to fight malaria but has severe side effects including blindness and sudden death if you take an extra dose.
- Trump's failure to order tests and supplies in January and February when warned by the intelligence community is a fireable offense.
- Other countries handled the pandemic correctly while the U.S. did not, proving it was a matter of competence not circumstance.
- Taiwan had only 24 million people, one death, and 85 cases because they'd been through SARS and immediately ordered masks and supplies.
- Taiwan's high-tech health service texted people their test results and quarantine status so they knew exactly where they stood.
- No matter how much you love Trump or think he's essential, his pandemic response was objectively worse than countries that prepared properly.