We’ve been something of an advocate for trying Hydroxychloroquine to treat patients infected with the coronavirus. So, we called out Gov. Whitmer in Michigan when she restricted its use. But while we were doing that, New Hampshire’s governor was doing almost the same damn thing.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was rightly round housed (rhetorically) for the breakdown in communications that lead to this. An order from the state licensing board that appeared to threaten doctors of pharmacists who write scrips for Hydroxychloroquine.
That matter was cleared up after the story went wide. The point was to protect existing stock for patients who already rely on it. Fair enough. And that appears to be the point of this order from Gov. Sununu. Protect the existing supply. Limit new uses to patients who are in danger from COVID-19 without it.
We’ll cut him some slack for that. It really is a game-changer, while other treatments and therapies come online. But unless the patient has advanced to a point where their immune system has failed to fight off the critter, there’s no real need. And most people who even have flu symptoms will recover with over the counter items and some bed rest. Hey, make sure you drink lots of fluids!
It makes sense to keep people from taking this stuff like aquarium cleaner if you catch my drift.
The more significant concern is our economy and when we can get it restarted. The models used by the state were crap, and we showed that. The new projections are a fraction of what the original scaremongering predicted. And while I’m not plugged into the details, it sounds like a majority of the cases and deaths, while all tragic, are occurring in nursing homes around the state.
Someone, please feel free to look into that and get back to me. These are our most vulnerable to any flu and most likely to die as a result. But if we’re forcing people out of work and onto unemployment for that, we need to end the blanket shutdowns.
May 4th may be the reboot date of record, but the trajectory suggests we can open most of the state for business sooner than that. And if that’s true, we should.
