Posted on 03/22/2020 8:26:23 AM PDT by McGruff
No. They are making sure there will be enough for those who have tested positive giving them a chance for life. Read the article. It was done to prevent hoarding.
Shouldn’t be more than a 7 day script... and sure no-one should get it without a test.
A good idea IF the test are available and can QUICKLY be processed.
Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as treatment of COVID-19: resultsof an open-label non randomized clinical trial.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924857920300996
The drug is generic. In addition to Bayer donating millions of doses, Mylan, Teva and Novartis are all actively manufacturing. There is no shortage, FDA needs to get off their asses and approve it for use. That is what Trump hit the, with last week. Just get it done.
I’m 66 with a cough, intermittent low fever, and fatigue but I was told to stay home and self treat. I’m sucking it up, FFS.
Bureaucrats got to bureaucrat.. and this move is another designed to concentrate power where it shouldn’t be concentrated.
This sort of crap was the stuff that Trump was fighting with the CDC.. “You got to beg us for a test!”
Imagine the movie where this horrible virus breaks out and they miraculously come up with a cure in time to save everyone and the bureaucrat steps in and says, we need to do clinical trials first. So, people die by the droves.. well done.
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