This Tweet brings up a good point - are those Governors and health departments that banned the use of chloroquin on covid19 patients now in legal jeopardy?
It has typically been the prerogative of physicians to be able to prescribe a drug for off label use if in their professional opinion such use would help their patient. Doctors have traditionally been given wide latitude by the FDA & health boards for this. It was a key feature of our learning to control AIDS.
It was highly unusual for Governors to issue orders banning the use of chloroquin in covid19 patients. Taking away a doctors right to use drugs off label to help their patients was a huge leap by the authorities. It could only be supported if there was clear and compelling evidence of a danger for folks to use this drug.
Now that a major, controlled clinical trial has shown that chloroquin cuts the death rate in half the actions of these governors could be considered irresponsible. This is the 2nd decision by several blue state democrat governors, the 1st being placing infected people in nursing homes, that directly killed people. These governors really do have blood on their hands.