Have you ever hear of the “DOH Theory”?   It’s alive and well, growing as fast as the Covid-19 virus in various government agencies, and it’s consequences are every bit as dangerous.  I’ll explain.

“DOH” stands for Didn’t Originate Here.  In businesses and bureaucracies all over the planet there is an unwritten law among managers, especially bad managers.  It goes something like this: 

Never acknowledge a good idea or concept which someone else brings to your attention, especially if it goes against standard practices or established protocols

Why, because it might be true, and that would make you look bad to your superiors, because you should have thought of it yourself.  The really bad managers take the idea, bury it for a few weeks or months, and then, with a little bit of repackaging, present it to their superiors as a new, original idea.  See how that works.

Enter the Covid-19 virus pandemic.  The various federal agencies who are tasked with protecting the health of the nation are quickly exposed as being at least partially unable to do that task.  They include the Center For Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute Of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).  All these bureaucracies jealously protect their own turf and their Directors are well aware that they are appointed to their positions, and as such subject to dismissal.

It is apparent that Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of NIAID, is becoming somewhat disenchanted with President Trump, because he is not blindly agreeing with everything being said or done by members of the above mentioned agencies or indeed even the members of the Coronavirus Task Force under Vice President Pence.  He shouldn’t.  As our elected President, it is his job to listen to his advisors, and then ask questions about things they say before taking that information as gospel to the American people.  Here is a vital case in point. 

The anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine, especially used in combination with the antibiotic Azithromycin, has been show in limited trials to completely eliminate the Covid-19 virus in critically ill patients in five days!  Furthermore, in areas of the world where Malaria is still prevalent and Hydroxychloroquine is in common useage as a preventive measure, the presence of Covid-19 is much less than in areas not so afflicted.  So, there is evidence that Hydroxychloroquine used alone could be a prophylactic, to prevent people from becoming infected in the first place. 

When asked about this possibility at a news conference, Dr. Fauci dismissed this concept out of hand, stating that it was all based on “anecdotal” evidence, not the comprehensive, complicated and time consuming clinical trails that the CDC, NIH, FDA and NIAID conduct and feel are their area of expertise.  See the DOH theory here?

So, while Dr. Fauci stands pinched faced in the background while President Trump tells the reporters that he feels these drugs should be fast tracked into use, we must take a step back and remember where we are.  The Stock Market has lost a third of its value in less than a week.  Peoples pensions are being trashed.  Thousands are now being laid off daily, and our economy is gradually being shut down, while the country is being told to shelter in place as if a terrorist attack was imminent.  Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin are not experimental drugs, they are FDA approved, and have been in use for decades.  President Trump is right.  We must fight this China produced pandemic in every way possible.  For myself, I would gladly volunteer to start on a regimen of Hydroxychloroquine immediately as a prophylactic.  I’m sure my wife would too.  Enough with the bureaucratic red tape. We’ve got to get this country back to work, and soon.  The DOH bulish** can wait for later.