Since SARS-CoV2 was declared a , those tasked with the stewardship of public health at a global, regional, and local level-policymakers, politicians, scientists, drug regulators, health officials, professional associations, journal editors, publishers, and clinicians-have displayed rushed decisions and lapses in judgment in their handling of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as potential COVID-19 therapeutics and prophylactics. These lapses merit noting as they hold lessons for how the guardians of medicines regulation and public health can inadvertently sow confusion and damage public trust.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7379753 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40545-020-00244-0 | DOI Listing |
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