And do you think that is what every other person is reading?

Clearly not, judging by how my votes are doing. But I think their emotions are getting in the way, leading them to see things that aren't there.

I'm not sure how it is across all of the US, but when I was in NY, I was certainly surprised to see advertisements for prescription drugs on TV. These always embed "ask your doctor about X".

That's just completely unheard of in Australia. You cannot advertise prescription drugs to consumers, period.

Maybe Americans are just more likely to self-diagnose and self-medicate in general? Or visit the doctor with an agenda for a drug, and see the doctor's prescription as mere paperwork?

Wait, sorry I think I misread you. Do I think every other person is reading that the president is asking people to take things without doctor's orders? Sort of, perhaps I'm being unfair. However, it seems rather directly to be the interpretation of the person who posted it, because they are replying to a request for an example of the president recommending "that the public obtain and self medicate with chloroquine".

Do you suppose people who take prescription drugs without a doctor's supervision are letting emotions get in the way, or do you think they're acting rationally? And do you suppose it's possible their emotions are influenced by the glittering generalities they heard, even though your emotions are not so influenced?

Sure, and perhaps there's a reasonable argument to be made there vis a vis the president's comments here (though I still think it's overblown). But from my read, some people are implying* that the president _literally_ recommended that people obtain this thing without a doctor's advice. And that's what I'm replying to. I don't think it's irrelevant, it's rather divorced from reality.

* Or maybe I misunderstood them. I could always be the one reading into things.

Yes but he has to remember people