This is not entirely accurate. Doctors do not need proof to prescribe a drug. That is their call and in this case where taking HCQ has little to no risk yet delaying treatment could result in death I think doctors would be prescribing this drug in many many cases. I have been given tami flu without results of a flu test. This was based purely on the fact my son had flu and I then had symptoms. Doctors can and would certainly do this with covid under the same circumstances. IMO, if you have symptoms and suspect covid find a doctor that will prescribe this cocktail.
That being said I do not think it's the doctors that are waiting for positive results. I think they are being pressured very heavily to NOT prescribe HCQ and are also being told the drug is unavailable. In these instances arrests need to be made. If hospital management is pressuring doctors to not prescribe this drug they need to be arrested. If this drug is being withheld when there is no shortage by hospitals or anywhere else in the supply chain those making these decisions should be arrested.
Enough lies. Anyone caught deliberately limiting access to these drugs or pressuring doctors to not use them need to be held accountable.
IMO, if you are being denied access to this drug after a doctor is willing to prescribe it contact a lawyer and the district attorney immediately. These acts in my opinion are clearly criminal in nature.
The point being, they aren’t going to prescribe ANYTHING prior to a positive test.
Especially HCQ.
I understand their aversion to malpractice.
The biggest fail is the 7-10 day wait for test results.
THAT’s the biggest fail.
At that point it doesn’t matter WHAT you do, the dice have been rolled...hope you don’t come up snake eyes with this virus...
We could seriously use a data base of doctors, by state, willing to do consults and prescribe HCQ with Zpac and zinc. Facetime makes distance consults possible.