Fact check: Are frontline workers taking hydroxychloroquine to prevent COVID-19?
Medical professionals say they do not have any evidence to back up President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that “many” and “thousands” ofThe American Medical Association, the country’s largest medical association, tells NBC News: "The AMA does not know of any tracking or surveys examining HCQ use among health care workers.”
Anesthesiologist AJ Rai, who came to New York City from California to treat Covid-19 patients, said doctors initially might have taken it as a prophylaxis but the “data debunked [the use of the drug] weeks ago.
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