Yep...and as Southerners know.. we have that all purpose phrase "Bless your heart" to cover a wide variety of meanings ? Vet techs are notorious for "potty mouth" as until you have been sprayed in the face with anal glands liquid or covered in ruptured abscess fluid or parvo blowout fluid or fought frantically to save a patient and lost... you just don't get the power of using all that profanity. There are times we have made sailors blush. Those that know us? know that no one fights harder for their patients and know that along with that mouth beats hearts of gold.
Also cussing is good to empathise your point across, which is why Australian judges and barristers (at least in Victoria) did not skimp on profanity when quoting someone during the court proceedings.
Sometimes, they be use as endearment, depending on the context and who's, who's within the conversation.
Personally, I think cussing in Vietnamese is much gross and offensive than the English language usage of off coloured words. At least from my background.
@kristenkit Welcome to our forum. Thanks for joining in the discussion. I took hydroxychloroquine for lyme disease and had a bad reaction to it. People have been taking it as a preventative for covid-19. The French study you referenced is by a renowned scientist and shows early (very early) promise but with such a small sample size (36 people) people have to be cautious about it. If it turns out to be true then it is especially good because hydroxchloroquine is cheap and is supposed to be tolerated by a wide range of people. If you have the link to the actual study please email to me via the contact form. I could not find it on line. I understand it is a video.
P.S. the pharmacies where I live outside of Boston are all out of the drug due to a run on it.
just a thought.... Tonic water has quinine in it... Plaquenil is derived from quinine...if your patient is given an azithromycin z pack.. they could drink tonic water along with it. " A liter of tonic contains around 83 mg of quinine. That means one eight-ounce glass has about 20 mg" A small amount for sure... but something to think about if Plaquenil is not available . Would be something to ask your dr who prescribes the z pack.
During this pandemic I was hoping we would see less of the Mad King and more of Dr. Fauci -- or even Pence (which I can't believe I'm saying) --but I've heard that T is planning on giving daily briefings. He is now calling himself the "Wartime President" -- fancying himself a Roosevelt or Churchill, I imagine. I'm sure that his minions behind the scenes sold him on that vision, which of course he loves. No doubt they'll be using this rebranding in his 2020 Campaign, but hopefully the Dems have tons of footage they will use to decimate that claim.
I apologize for the unsatisfying link I provided. There wasn't much out there at that time.The clinical tests are new and not all published yet. My info came from a long time customer of mine who is a French microbiologist indirectly involved with it so I fully trust the authenticity of it. It is very recent so more news will trickle out about it in the next few days. I do t blame you for being skeptical, but thus far all this info is correct.
just a thought.... Tonic water has quinine in it... Plaquenil is derived from quinine...if your patient is given an azithromycin z pack.. they could drink tonic water along with it. " A liter of tonic contains around 83 mg of quinine. That means one eight-ounce glass has about 20 mg" A small amount for sure... but something to think about if Plaquenil is not available . Would be something to ask your dr who prescribes the z pack.
Yeah, I looked into that as well when I found out about hydroxychloroquine being a zinc ionophore. Unfortunately, however, tonic water also comes with LOADS of sugar, which may negate all of the benefits of the quinine.
However, apparently grapefruit pith has quinine as well, and quercetin-containing foods are also zinc ionophores: including cranberries, green tea, and ginkgo. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf5014633