Dr. Zelenko in his message to Trump reported April 7th said: “Dear Mr. President: I humbly suggest the following: 1. It is essential to start treatment against Covid-19 immediately upon clinical suspicion of infection and not to wait [multiple days] for confirmatory testing. There is a very narrow window of opportunity to eliminate the virus before pulmonary complications begin. The waiting to treat is the essence of the problem” [people ending up in hospitals on machines]. Items in brackets [ ] are my words.
Does this answer the issue? HCQ works best as an outpatient treatment before hospitalization becomes needed. Then other kinds of treatment are needed, unfortunately.
i would like to see studies outpatient treatment proving whether it is effective or not. The jury is still out on that one