Senator Ron Johnson has been banned from YouTube for so-called "Covid misinformation"!

[soothsayer]

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Donald J. Drumpf
@RealDonalDrumpf
Senator Ron Johnson has been banned from YouTube for so-called "Covid misinformation"! This is very unfortunate--especially as he still has three thousand cases of hydroxy he needs to sell!
11:56 AM · Jun 11, 2021
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Nick Walden Poublon
@NWPinPDX
YouTube has banned Ron Johnson for firing off COVID conspiracy theories that seriously put lives in danger and yet he calls it the “free exchange of medical ideas”. Nope. It’s fear-mongering on behalf of the GOP and the rotten Ron Johnson —soon to be former Senator.

Senator Ron Johnson
@SenRonJohnson
YouTube’s arrogant Covid censorship continues. How many lives will be lost as a result? How many lives could have been saved with a free exchange of medical ideas? This suppression of speech should concern every American. @FDRLST

[Wild blueberry]

1. MoRon "soon to be former Senator"

What a dolt.
Good for YouTube!

[Elwood P Dowd]

2. His boss in Russia will not be happy about this. (nt)

[Permanut]

3. No worries, Ron..

Everything will go back to normal in August, right?

[Midnight Writer]

4. You'll be OK, Senator. Just drink your hydroxy, shove a light up your ass, and inject some bleach.

I'm kinda surprised Republicans have not gone instinct. They seem determined to kill themselves with stupidity.

[lagomorph777]

6. I can help with the light bulb part.

However, I am a bit clumsy and have been known to break light bulbs while inserting them.

[Midnight Writer]

7. How many Republicans does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Depends on how deep they want it.

[lagomorph777]

8. They are very good at screwing up.

Because they are twisted.

[CatWoman]

5. K; R

[Nevilledog]

9. Alas, it only for a week

[soothsayer]

10. I was bummed when I saw it

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Post overstates study's '200%' finding on hydroxychloroquine's power vs COVID-19

I saw this bullshit study being cited by some low IQ TFG supporters and knew that it was bogus. This study is so bad and poorly done that only a TFG supporter who is clueless as to science and the scientific process would cite it.

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For example, this is not a peer review study but was taken from a site that does not deal in peer review works

The study is posted on a website that publishes “preprints” — studies that “have not been finalized by authors, might contain errors and report information that has not yet been accepted or endorsed in any way by the scientific or medical community.”....

The study was posted May 31 on medRxiv, a website that publishes studies that have not been fully vetted. This note is posted with the study: "This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice."

he website also says about its "preprint" or "unrefereed" articles: "Before formal publication in a scholarly journal, scientific and medical articles are traditionally certified by ‘peer review.’ In this process, the journal’s editors take advice from various experts — called ‘referees’ — who have assessed the paper and may identify weaknesses in its assumptions, methods and conclusions … Readers should therefore be aware that articles on medRxiv have not been finalized by authors, might contain errors, and report information that has not yet been accepted or endorsed in any way by the scientific or medical community."

The analysis concludes that this study is poorly designed and the conclusions are not supported. Politifact interviewed several real scientists who concluded that this study is flawed and should not be relied on (even by low IQ TFG supporters).

Here is the conclusion about this study

Our ruling
A widely shared social media post stated: "Study: hydroxychloroquine can boost COVID-19 survival chances by nearly 200%."

A study says a certain dosing of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin "improves survival by nearly 200%" among hospitalized COVID-19 patients who received invasive mechanical ventilation, but the post exaggerates the finding’s significance.

The study is posted on a website that publishes studies that "have not been finalized by authors, might contain errors and report information that has not yet been accepted or endorsed in any way by the scientific or medical community." Experts told PolitiFact the study is poorly designed and that no conclusion about cause and effect should be drawn from it.

For a statement that contains only an element of truth, our rating is Mostly False.

I am amused that the RWNJ believe that this study is meaningful.