Twitter users circulated several portions of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's speech from Pittsburgh on Monday, causing the words "Biden video" to trend on the platform.
While the former vice president was hailed and criticized over policy, one excerpt where Biden appeared incoherent sparked concern among users who claimed the flub went beyond "stumbling over words."
What are the details?
In the video, the 77-year-old Biden says, "COVID has taken this year — just since the outbreak — has taken 100 year. Look, here's...the lives...it's just...I mean, think about it. More lives this year than any other year for the past 100 years."
One of President Donald Trump's sons, Eric Trump, shared the footage online, claiming, "This is why the Biden campaign doesn't want him to leave his basement — this guy isn't playing with a full deck and it is so irresponsible that the media covers this up..."
Republican activist Brandon Straka, a former liberal and co-founder of the WalkAway movement reacted, "OMG. This isn't a mispronunciation or stumbling over a few words. This is really bad."
Another user asserted, "It's dementia. I've seen it up close, as a lot of us have, sadly. I can't understand why Jill Biden is allowing this to continue."
And another said, "It's even worse when you see it written down...."
Someone else stated, "Would anyone let this man handle their checkbook. He is incapacitated. I really don't think he will make it to the election. His family needs to stop this. It's truly sad."
One person replied, "Slip ups are funny but this is watching someone struggle. I just can't see how he could do a debate at this point."
What did Trump critics say?
But Trump critics also weighed in, with one responding to Eric Trump, "Why was your Dad rushed to the hospital recently? Why is he having difficulty walking and why does he keep slurring his speech? Did your Dad have a stroke? This is what the American people want to know!"
Another wrote, "Yeah, that's awkward. Funny thing is though, Biden is STILL the better choice."
Biden has been dogged by concerns over his gaffes for years, but has faced increased scrutiny both during the primary campaign and general election over his frequent stumbles during speeches. His defenders have attributed the slips to the stutter the former vice president had as a child.
In an interview with The Daily Hayes, Risch cited the evidence found by Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, a family doctor from Monroe, New York, who has reported having a 99.7% survival rate for his patients using hydroxychloroquine.
Zelenko emphasized that the high success rate using hydroxychloroquine is effected when administered on an outpatient basis and in the early stages, usually within the first five days of experiencing symptoms. He spoke of how it was imperative to follow a strict protocol, which included using a cocktail containing hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and the antibiotic azithromycin.
Doctors across the country have been coming forward and telling of their positive experience of high success rates when treating patients having the Wuhan virus with hydroxychloroquine.
Dr. Simone Gold, a board-certified emergency room physician, recently stood with a group of other physicians on the Supreme Court's steps and stated, "We brought together physicians from across the country who have successfully treated patients using hydroxychloroquine. Our message to the American people is clear. Hydroxychloroquine works."
Gold asked why state governors are restricting physicians from prescribing a medication approved by the FDA for 65 years and empowering pharmacies to overrule how doctors want to treat their patients. "These actions are unprecedented and have never happened before in medicine," said Gold.
Even with all of the published evidence and patient testimonials that hydroxychloroquine is a safe, inexpensive ($20–$50 per full treatment) drug that saves lives, the FDA pulled its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). The FDA somehow determined that hydroxychloroquine is unlikely to be effective in treating the Wuhan virus.
The FDA instead gave the coveted EUA to the drug Remdesivir. Remdesivir is listed as an investigational drug where the safety and efficacy for the treatment of the Wuhan virus are not yet known. The approximate treatment cost to patients is $3,000.
The FDA also stated that hydroxychloroquine posed serious cardiac adverse events and other potentially dangerous side-effects.
"Not true," said Risch, who emphasized the FDA's failure to follow the critical protocol when it issued that warning.
Zelenko said the adverse cardiac events mentioned by the FDA were found in patients treated inside a hospital and in the later stages of the disease. According to Zelenko, top electrophysiologists (doctors who specialize in heart rhythm problems) said they did not see any of the cardiac issues mentioned by the FDA in outpatient settings. They did find some cardiac items in the hospital settings but that it was unclear if hydroxychloroquine or an already damaged heart from the virus was the cause.
Information on the life-saving abilities of hydroxychloroquine will soon be almost impossible to find as tech companies have censored any positive discussion of the drug. YouTube took down Zelenko's pro-hydroxychloroquine video, saying it violated community guidelines. Twitter removed a tweet by Rudy Giuliani that said hydroxychloroquine is "100% effective" in treating the Wuhan virus.
Dr. Gold stated, "Facebook removed the livestream of our conference that had 15 million views. Twitter forced us to delete video testimonials from our physicians, and our web host removed our website and claimed a 'violation of their TOS.'"
Gold, who added, "The media smeared us with lies and falsehoods," was fired from her position.
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