[ChessExpert]

What am I missing? This what I have:

“Memo to:
Delegates, Alternate Delegates
Executive Directors, Member Organizations of the House of Delegates
From:
Bruce A. Scott, MD, Speaker, House of Delegates
Lisa Bohman Egbert, MD, Vice Speaker, House of Delegates
Date:
October 30, 2020
Subject:
Handbook Addendum - Supplemental Business and Information”

Jumping to pg 18:

“Resolution: 509 (November 2020)
Page 3 of 6

1 Whereas, The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious medical issue, people are dying, and
2 physicians must be able to perform as sagacious prescribers; therefore be it
3
4 RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association rescind its statement calling for physicians
5 to stop prescribing hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine until sufficient evidence becomes
6 available to conclusively illustrate that the harm associated with use outweighs benefit early in
7 the disease course. Implying that such treatment is inappropriate contradicts AMA Policy
8 H-120.988, “Patient Access to Treatments Prescribed by Their Physicians,” that addresses off
9 label prescriptions as appropriate in the judgement of the prescribing physician (Directive to
10 Take Action); and be it further”

There is more. When I copy and paste the line numbers come out wrong, requiring tedious editing on my part. The header information above should provide enough information for you to search for the original link.

[ChessExpert]

The original document can be found here:

https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2020-10/nov20-handbook-addendum.pdf

As far as I can tell from this link, the resolution was adopted. However, it seems that was a recommendation, later turned down:

https://www.publishedreporter.com/2020/12/11/american-medical-association-rescinds-previous-statement-against-prescription-of-hydroxychloroquine-to-covid-19-patients/

It seems the AMA is continuing its ban on HCQ. This stinks to high heaven. It is not medically correct. It remains politically correct. It is also financially correct as big Med will make billions with vaccines, versus next to nothing with HCQ.

[logi_cal869]

Yes, below is essentially what even I was only aware until about a week or two ago:

https://lenbilen.com/2020/12/14/american-medical-association-rescinds-previous-statement-against-prescription-of-hydroxychloroquine-to-covid-19-patients/

These are the facts, as unhappy as we all are about it:

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/verify/ama-stance-hydroxy-covid-unchanged/507-76cac7cc-bd0d-4c21-8771-06949c2220ae

Frankly, I would have eaten my MAGA hat if they had passed it, such is my faith in the integrity of the AMA.