Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

The pharmaceutical industry  often operates by identifying the active principles in plants on the basis of their history, usage and efficacy. 

Some plants may be unique to Africa or individual continents. Others not. Companies often send out periodic  teams of investigators to gather data from local practitioners.

Pharmaceutical companies decipher the molecular structure of identified plants and re-create this in the laboratory,  to produce synthetic drugs. They would like you to believe that there is no connection between one and the other, to maximize sales, magnify their discoveries and pay minimal or no compensation for the intellectual property of their informants.

Aspirin is a great example of a drug with this background  and so, too, Nivocain and chloroquine among a very long list.

Covid organics could well be a game changer and

I hope it is,  especially since Madagascar has now started massive human trials - whether we like it or not.

Ken, we are going beyond chloroquine and will embrace the multiple other possibilities out there.

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
africahistory.net; vimeo.com/ gloriaemeagwali
Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association

---

From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 7:20 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

 

Please be cautious: **External Email**

true

kenneth harrow

professor emeritus

dept of english

michigan state university

517 803-8839

harrow@msu.edu

---

From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 7:11 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

 

Ken:

I am not validating the efficacy, but just saying that no one is stopping countries to pursue their leads. I don't know whether they work but If I were to be sick, I will use whatever I can to prolong my life.

TF

 

From: dialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of "Harrow, Kenneth" <harrow@msu.edu>
Reply-To: dialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 6:09 PM
To: dialogue <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

 

if these people had not taken their herbs, their traditional medicine, etc, how would we know that their cure would be due to the medicine. we wouldn't if you don't do proper studies, it's all anecdotal and unconvincing.

my hope is that chloroquine works. the french are taking it serious; a friend in cameroon said the same. if the trials work out, we will all be lucky.

without trials, we can't really know

ken

 

kenneth harrow

professor emeritus

dept of english

michigan state university

517 803-8839

harrow@msu.edu

---

From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2020 6:23 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

 

Sir:
Who is "they"? Is anyone stopping Nigeria or Ghana from taking the medication? I have recipes that have circulated that people use.
A friend who survived the virus in New York attributed the reason to herbal medicine. The head of the College of Medicine, University Teaching Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria, attributed his recovery to traditional medicine. The Governor of my state said he was cured by a combination of black seed oil, carrot and some other things.
TF

On 4/26/20, 5:18 PM, "usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com on behalf of Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM" <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com on behalf of chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

    Part of the politics is not considering African herbal alternatives.
   
    CAO.
   
    --
    Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
    To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
    To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com 
    Current archives at https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue__;!!HXCxUKc!j_RpHgxEhX1pzzhNftTYEA83cMUUG3S7HozHEWXKgXi1X8ECC4VbCHmhpj2tVQ$
    Early archives at https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html__;!!HXCxUKc!j_RpHgxEhX1pzzhNftTYEA83cMUUG3S7HozHEWXKgXi1X8ECC4VbCHnKcXOY_w$
    ---
    You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
    To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
    To view this discussion on the web visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/e9bccc58-11d6-4496-8db8-3143f47907b0*40googlegroups.com__;JQ!!HXCxUKc!j_RpHgxEhX1pzzhNftTYEA83cMUUG3S7HozHEWXKgXi1X8ECC4VbCHlti38PPw$ .
   

--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com 
Current archives at https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue__;!!HXCxUKc!j_RpHgxEhX1pzzhNftTYEA83cMUUG3S7HozHEWXKgXi1X8ECC4VbCHmhpj2tVQ$
Early archives at https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html__;!!HXCxUKc!j_RpHgxEhX1pzzhNftTYEA83cMUUG3S7HozHEWXKgXi1X8ECC4VbCHnKcXOY_w$
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/874E2090-CEBD-4F62-819B-11BECCAECB9F*40austin.utexas.edu__;JQ!!HXCxUKc!j_RpHgxEhX1pzzhNftTYEA83cMUUG3S7HozHEWXKgXi1X8ECC4VbCHlXiRNw-g$ .

--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/DM5PR12MB24567855B5FC59EDBA2C6886DAAE0%40DM5PR12MB2456.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.

--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/5A3BB2E5-3213-4AF4-A433-DAC5FC30FF28%40austin.utexas.edu.

--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/usaafricadialogue/DM5PR12MB2456E7EB9A7E148DD2B8D4A0DAAE0%40DM5PR12MB2456.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.