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Old 03-30-2020, 12:57 PM
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Careful reading please, but thank you for a link. The Foxnews story says


Note that it doesn't say they are doing it, rather that they hope to launch. And it doesn't say medical professionals, it says front-line caregivers. That is not a minor quibble as the previous sentence in the story is about spread in nursing homes. So it might mean giving it to care givers in nursing homes. (And I think caregivers in nursing homes are healthcare professionals.)

I am all in favor of people doing studies. And I am encouraged by the word "trial" in his comment. It suggests something more vigorous than just giving everyone hydroxychloroquine. Hopefully they are going to collect data but I understand that can be a secondary issue. As I have written in other threads I hope this works, bigly.
I think the doctors, nurses, respiratory techs, etc. who are treating these patients would be considered "front line" especially if they are in the ER or some form of triage.

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