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s. I'll talk about those in a minute. But one of them is the Block COVID online summit. So if you can't find the link just Google Block COVID online summit. And or you could go to at BlockOVID and you'll see the links and stuff. All right. So I tweeted and it's pinned to my account. I asked for people to put in links to various apps and websites and stuff that would be useful for the crisis. So s…
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By the way, if you're wondering why you would use blockchain as opposed to other technologies for any kind of apps, some of the advantages are that it's a distributed system so you don't need to build a database. The other data just lives distributed in the internet. Some of it is privacy. Something that is it's easier to do things across borders so you don't have to worry about the banking regulations etc. if you're just moving blockchain and tokens and stuff. The governments are too involved in that. So those are some of the benefits. I'm no expert.
All right. Here is the question which is so missing. Which is this. Here's a question for the reporters today for the task force. You ready? I'm pretty sure that there are some reporters who watch these Periscopes. And here's what I'd suggest as a question for the next press conference. Mr. President and Mr. Vice President, are you already taking hydroxychloroquine? Are the members of the task force, who by the nature of their job do have to sort of meet in rooms and they can do their social distancing but I'm pretty sure the president is not staying six feet away from people. I just don't know if it's even practical for him to do his job. So the question I would ask is are they already on hydroxychloroquine? And why not? Why not? Right? If you don't see that question yesterday I will be amazed because as soon as you hear the question you say to yourself, oh yeah, you got to ask that question. You know, because it's a yes or no and we'd like to know etc.
Here's the related question. Are we aware of anyone in the United States who is a medical professional who is taking the hydroxychloroquine in advance of an infection, in other words just in case, who also went on to have to be on the ventilator? Even one. Is there any, even one person who fits that description? Now this is not a scientific study obviously. But I am assuming that by now we have many thousands of healthcare workers who probably, anecdotally we're hearing reports of this, probably are taking it prophylactically. In other words in advance of having a problem.
So if we have thousands of health care workers and we know that some number of them unfortunately are going to get infected, no doubt about it because they're just too close to it all the time. So of the people who got the infection who were also taking the drug before they got the infection, do we have even one case where it progressed to needing a ventilator? Because enough time is going by right where if that number is zero it's still not a scientific test. You can't take it to the bank. But I'd feel a lot better, wouldn't you? I'd feel a lot better if I knew that that number was zero. And if it turns out it's one or two or whatever then I'd start asking you know were there any underlying issues.
So those are the main things happening today. I was, somebody there says they're taking a low dose. You know I don't know if that's a good idea because then that's how you get into the hoarding too. Has Chris Cuomo said yet if he's, what meds if any he's taking? That would be a good case. By the way, my hat's off to Chris Cuomo. I hope that he continues working even as he has symptoms. And I realize that you know that would be, people are gonna say that's kind
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of showboating. You know if he's coughing and trying to get through his interviews and stuff. But on the other hand it's real. You know it's not showboating if it's real. And if it's real and he's willing to keep working I would be very interested in watching that programming. I've told you before that watching Chris Cuomo interview his brother the governor of New York is some of the best, just s…
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