FROM MICHIGAN, WHERE THE GOVERNOR JUST FLIP-FLOPPED FROM DENOUNCING THIS TREATMENT AS A TRUMP LIE TO DEMANDING THAT THE FEDS SHARE STOCKS OF THE DRUG: Henry Ford Health System uses hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 symptoms, says benefits outweigh risks.

“We feel that there is data both from the early published studies as well as from our colleagues in China that have treated a number of patients to justify its use in the therapy of sicker patients that are hospitalized with coronavirus infection.”

Dr. Zervos says the goal of using hydroxychloroquine is to prevent patients with symptoms like shortness of breath and pneumonia from progressing further in their illness, and to get those patients already in an intensive care unit and on a ventilator off the ventilator earlier and out of the hospital.

“What we know about the drug now is that it does reduce viral shedding, you know, the amount of virus a person has, it’s lower. There have been studies from China to show that patients have shorter hospitalizations, fewer complications, lower likelihood of progression.”

It’s not the best drug imaginable, but it is the best drug available. They’re combining it with Azithromycin and also with Doxycycline.