I believe Donald Trump is hideous (you may not agree, but I have a right to my opinion), so when I posted a link to an anti-Trump article on FB, someone I know who has Huntington's disease posted this in reply:
I have Huntington's disease. There is no treatment or cure, yet.
Without any profit in medicine , there will be no research and development in the US .
Our Food and Drug Administration is delaying treatment for people like me.
If a Democrat is elected president there will be no change in the FDA, and therefore my chance of me getting new treatments will be small, if at all.
Trump wasn't my first choice, but allowing any Democrat will be so much worse on me.
It appeared to have been pasted into FB from somewhere, but I can't find it. (I did ask him where he got the info, but he hasn't responded.)
I did a quick Google of Huntington's and FDA but I don't even get any Fox News hits with articles negative about Democrats and how they would cut R&D for Huntington's.
Has anyone run across that type of info, or understand what the man was trying to say? Thanks!
You'll be shocked to find that often people have no idea what they are talking about and are fed misinformation by other people who don't know what they are talking about and then act in ways that are contrary to their own interests.
Yes, I agree entirely. For example, I completely reject my husband's thoughts on politics, because he is a staunch Democrat. I completely reject my side of the family's thoughts on politics, because they are uninformed Republicans. (Not saying all Republicans are uninformed--but my family certainly is.)
Both my husband and my family are against whatever the opposite party does or says, and they comb the internet/Facebook for any article that supports their party (or refutes the opposite party's view).
I just want facts...cold, hard facts.
To get further into the foam...an example would be Gitmo. You should have heard my husband rail against the injustice of Gitmo during Bush's presidency. That is, until Obama took office. Now my husband says nothing on the issue.
But I do feel bad for this man with Huntington's. Not only is it a horrid disease, but he is a very nice person. That's why I am unlikely to call him out on the apparent nonsense he posted. But I did ask for clarification on FB.