MedPage Today March 30, 2020
Timothy C. Hlavinka MD

— What every provider is thinking: Science can no longer be used as a political pawn

I previously wrote about the CDC’s abject failure in testing for COVID-19. At that time, I was certain a full court press would emerge from this debacle and we would right the ship of healthcare, cruising toward the uncharted waters of COVID-19 undaunted and united.

The weeks since then seem like an eternity, yet we are still facing the same bottlenecks stemming from a lack of testing, protective supplies, and medication. It is unfathomable that with this much lead time, we seemingly have to repeat the mistakes of every other country that has experienced this pandemic.

Physicians are arguing about the evidence...

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