[mmichaels1970]

Because it’s not tolerated well by people with heart disease...which is probably half the patients

They've been routinely prescribing hydroxychloroquine as a malaria prophylactic for years. Until chloroquine resistant malaria became prevalent in Africa, it was THE most widely prescribed drug to prevent and treat the disease. It is still recommended by the CDC to treat and prevent malaria in Central and South America as well as the Koreas.

[Vermont Lt]

I understand that. I also understand the side effects. I understand that some very elderly and compromised folks would not tolerate it well.

And to give people who do not have the virus something that has digestive side effects would end up with more people in the ER thinking they are going to die-—than are in there now with the virus.

That just doesn’t seem wise.

If it is a good treatment for the disease, great. But since we beat back malaria in the US a long time ago...lets treat people with symptoms rather than giving more people more things to worry about.