There seems to be a lot of confusion and misinformation about the idea of hydroxychloroquinine and azithromycin for treating #COVID19
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5. It is possible that we will see people miss out on their needed medication because of these barriers to care.
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6. Doctors and pharmacists will be spending considerable time explaining to patients and their loved ones why they cannot give them these drugs, time taken away from providing care to people whose lives are hanging in the balance.
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7. The timeframe for taking a drug from these very early stages to widespread use could be months to years to decades depending on various factors. It may be offered to a very small number of people in very select situations.
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8. Most people will not have access to this combination for a very long time.
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9. There is a gulf between providing people hope and giving them wildly misleading information. Sadly, there are many in the public who are doing the latter. End.
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