It was already in a trial and there is a law allowing “expanded use” to allow experimental drugs to be used on non-trial members under some circumstances. e.g. when the drug is safe, you are combating a novel virus for which we lack treatment, etc.
“experimental” drugs are not “better” - we don’t know if they work (they are experimental).
We didn’t know much about COVID-19 at the time and expanded use was frequent for drugs that are “generally considered safe” but whose effectiveness was questionable.
It was an emergency use - that the virus was novel, that we didn’t have adequate treatments for it yet, and Trump was considered to be in a high-risk category.
Yes - I would have had the same option were I in a high risk category.
Remember all those assholes getting Hydroxychloroquine? They were using a similar same emergency use authorization to do so since it was being used for things it was otherwise not authorized for.
When Trump got COVID five years ago, he got treatment that is still not available to the general public.
We didn’t know much about COVID-19 at the time and expanded use was frequent for drugs that are “generally considered safe” but whose effectiveness was questionable.
What was the special circumstance for which Trump got that treatment? Would you have had the option to also get it?
It was an emergency use - that the virus was novel, that we didn’t have adequate treatments for it yet, and Trump was considered to be in a high-risk category.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=312.310
Yes - I would have had the same option were I in a high risk category.
Remember all those assholes getting Hydroxychloroquine? They were using a similar same emergency use authorization to do so since it was being used for things it was otherwise not authorized for.
Would your insurance have covered it? Did other people also get it as soon as Trump did?