It seems to me that there is enough evidence to use chloroquinine liberally early in the treatment of high risk infected individuals - for example, patients over 75 or those with existing pulmonary or immmune disorders.
It may be premature to give this to the 10s or 100s of thousands of Americans who will test positive for the virus in the coming days, but are young, healthy and at very little risk.
The problem with Fauci and the medical establishment is that they are asking the public to submit to draconian measures to respond to what they characterize as a unprecedented situation, but for the most part seem completely unwilling to consider the possibility of modifying their standard procedures.
The blame for the lack of availability of tests rests entirely on the shoulders of the bureaucrats at the CDC (90% of whom voted for Hillary). The only extent in which Trump is to blame is he should have ordered the CDC and FDA to approve private development and production 2 weeks before he finally did.
Now that this upon us, we should streamline the processes for approval of drugs for treatment to days and for approval of vaccines to months. Yes, collect the statistics and do the science. Yes, limit the use of treaments that are not fully vetted to the individuals with the most risk.
We are also hearing constant news reports of shortages of medical personnel. Why can’t we temporarily change the requirements for medical workers? Let’s put students training in health professions to work (they are probably at much lower risk than 65 year old doctors). Let’s call for volunteers. There are plenty of patriotic individuals who would rather help than sit at home. Surely the basics of treating individuals with one specific condition could be taught to any educated person in a few days.
If this truly is an unprecedented national emergency, the health and medical bureaucracy needs to start acted like it.
One more emergency measure that congress and every state legislature should pass: Prohibit all tort liability actions against individuals or organizations providing good faith treatment for the Wuhan Virus.
One reason that medical providers are so unwilling to consider any emergency modifications to normal procedures is the fear of tort liability suits a year from now after all this is over.