I'm wondering if I was wrong, in a couple blogs last week, in suggesting we should try hydroxychloroquine. Since then, Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services Brett Giroir, has come out saying:
"From a public health standpoint, at first, hydroxychloroquine looked very promising. There were not definitive studies. At this point in time, there's been five randomized control, placebo-controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychlorquine. So, at this point in time, we don't recommend that as a treatment."
To boot, the Texas Medical Board has come out warning that it could take action against anyone who falsely advertises a cure for COVID-19. Dr. Stella Immanuel, whose clinic is in Texas, was featured in the video hailing hydroxychloroquine that went viral last week.
Mercy, mercy. We all make mistakes, and perhaps it was a mistake on my part to have suggested we try HCQ.
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