chloroquine is already in common use in malaria prophylaxis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9053622
yet we cannot get it prescribed if we suddenly come down with covid-19 symptoms? or worse, one of our loved ones with pre existing conditions or dispositions suddenly comes down with covid-19 symptoms?
apparently doctors can always prescribe chloroquine for their loved ones based on a (manufactured) scheduled trip to a swampy area.
this seems questionable at best and open to abuse at worst, encouraging shortages at the expense of people at or close to the front lines.
Why not? I prescribed it for COVID-19 yesterday.