COVID-19 Actions May Violate Medical Ethics and Civil Liberties Public health law developed as a response to potential bioterrorism as with weaponized smallpox. But its grant of arbitrary power to government officials creates many conflicts with civil liberties and medical ethics, writes bioethicist and immunologist Jeffrey Hall Dobken, M.D., M.P.H., in the summer issue of […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the oldest “consumer protection agency” in our federal government, has lacked transparency for many years, writes New York neurologist Lawrence R. Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. This deficiency “has adversely affected many aspects of science, medicine, public health, and […]
Who would have imagined that in time of a pandemic, government would shut down access to all but “essential” medical care, while clinics sat empty, asks San Antonio ophthalmologist Kristin S. Held, M.D., president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS). Violation of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order to refrain from all […]
In a letter sent to Vice President Mike Pence as Chairman of the White House Coronavirus Task Force as well as to Governors across the United States, more than 550 physicians from all 50 states “urgently request that our country’s businesses and schools be allowed to reopen.” 89 non-physician medical professionals and 175 concerned citizens […]
In what appears to be an escalating war against the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to protect against COVID-19, permitting over-the-counter (OTC) use under an emergency Executive Order may be the only way to allow patients to protect themselves, states the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS). Essential workers, in meat-packing plants, package delivery, medical […]
President Trump disclosed that he was taking hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) with zinc to protect himself against COVID-19—with the approval of his physicians. Although some in the media may find this startling or concerning, the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) states that thousands and probably millions of people worldwide are doing likewise. In the U.S., […]
If the country re-opens for business, there will be more cases of COVID-19 reported, and more deaths. And the more tests we do, the more cases we will find. If the country remains locked down, there will be more cases of COVID-19 reported, and more deaths. There will also be increasing economic devastation, which itself […]
Governments are hoarding more than 100 million doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) while victims of COVID-19 are dying from lack of early treatment, which an increasing number of physicians and scientists believe is crucial for saving lives. In many places, particularly in nursing homes, victims of COVID-19 are still unable to access HCQ, states the Association […]
The American Medical Association and many other professional organizations demand “peer-reviewed science” before they will recommend or even accept the re-purposing of a long-established anti-malaria drug to treat or prevent COVID-19. In Arizona, use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for prophylaxis in medical workers is “strictly forbidden” by Executive Order of Gov. Doug Ducey unless peer-reviewed evidence […]
In a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presents a frequently updated table of studies that report results of treating COVID-19 with the anti-malaria drugs chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ, Plaquenil®). To date, the total number of reported patients treated with HCQ, with or without zinc […]