[Pollard]

In March 2020, the Secretary published several declarations providing immunity for certain countermeasure activities related to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of these declarations expanded the definition of “covered countermeasures” to include drugs, diagnostics, devices, or vaccines used to treat, diagnose, or mitigate COVID-19 or its transmission, or any device used in the “administration” of one of those products. [3] The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) further expanded this definition by including OSHA-approved respiratory protective devices (i.e., face masks) as a “covered countermeasure.” [4]

That was under Trump's watch. That's also how N95 dust masks suddenly became a virus protection device after decades of not being that. They were the only masks we had a lot of because millions of blue collar workers use one or more per day, as have I, for dust and particles, their sole purpose up to that point. Unfortunately, Trump's main concern at that time was that covid might ruin his chances at re-election, which technically it did. Just not in the way he feared or was concerned about.

[mewzilla]

The part that was giving me cows was the bit about countermeasures.

It sounds like docs are protected if they refuse to prescribe prophylaxes and/or therapeutics...?!