A Texas doctor used his GOP connections to get hydroxychloroquine to administer to dozens of elderly patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in what he calls an "observational study." In some cases, he didn't discuss with families before prescribing the drug.https://trib.al/9wF549I
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This is, of course, utterly unethical human experimentation.
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Can't he, like, lose his license for this?
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It's legal as stated in the article, if he broke a law or doctors ethics it would have been mentioned.
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Performing human experimentation without approval of an IRB is *always* unethical and can, by itself, be enough to warrant suspension if not revocation of a license.
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Where is this written down on? If this was a new drug with zero evidence of risk and never been tested or approved to be used, sure but I'll let someone in the Texas HD say if it's illegal or not...pic.twitter.com/VZm4VxMGF6
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The state isn't responsible for regulating human subjects research. The federal government, specifically the Office for Human Research Protections at @HHSGov, is.
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