RE: We must find a way to pressure those hoarding the meds to distribute them to Doctors, Hospitals, and pharmacies, so that front line healthcare workers can take them prophylactically, and patients testing positive can take them early.
Regarding Hydroxychloroquine being taken as prophylactic and patients taking them early -— THE LAW IN EACH STATE HAS TO BE CHANGED TO DO THAT.
In Many States like NY, there are laws and/or executive orders that ONLY ALLOW hospitalized patients to take HCQ. Doctors are not allowed to prescribe it outpatient ( but this is not strictly enforced as Dr. Vladirmir Zelenko and a few others have shown ).
It's not just states. The FDA has issued a warning that HCQ should ONLY be prescribed for COVID-19 if the patient is hospitalized or in an approved clinical trial. They are treating doctors as if they can't comprehend the drug's effects and interactions. While I'm sure many doctors are willing to ignore that warning prescribe it anyway, many hospitals and doctors will not go against the FDA and risk a bad outcome, even if that risk is small.