[[for seriously ill hospitalized coronavirus patients.]]
This is good- a start, but They should know that treating the virus early is key to PREVENTING people from becoming “seriously ill hospitalized coronavirus patients.”
They should be recommending that people get the drug at the earliest possible signs of the virus- especially the elderly and people with preexisting conditions
You can keep your data on how many people with mild symptoms develop severe ones after given the drugs- and also on how many severe cases recover fully when given the drugs- there’s no need to wait until the people are seriously ill and develop irreversible lung damage before giving the drug-
The ‘concern’ that there isn’t enough is hogwash- there are only a few hundred 1000 with the virus- we have now plenty to give to virus victims AND to lupus and arthritis victims as well, plus the fact that many many millions of doses are forthcoming- there is no need to be stingy- Israel is sending us many millions of doses- and domestic manufacturers are ramping up production as well as overseas manufacturers are doing the same- We’re not going to run out- limit the supply right now to med workers, and those that have the virus no matter how bad- then when we get many millions more- give it as preventative-
If they manage to restrict the drug only to “severely ill coronavirus patients,” they bias the results of any resulting studies against its use because it works best in recently diagnosed patients who are mostly asymptomatic. Looks like they’re truing to get Trump by killing people who need the drug ASAP.