When Trump pushed hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19, hundreds of thousands of prescriptions followed despite little evidence that it worked
When news reports tout a drug, people get interested, even if the benefits are unproven. Patient hopes, requests and demands can easily turn into real prescriptions in their doctor's office.
Richard L. Kravitz, Professor of Health Policy and Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis •
conversation
July 9, 2020 • ~10 min
July 9, 2020 • ~10 min