# Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson - you're practicing medicine without a license **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [August 29, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711 "2021-08-29T04:18:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/1 "2021-08-29T04:18:28Z")
I wasn’t sure whether to post it here or in the Pit, but in short, he tweeted that anyone with COVID can go to a pharmacy and get antibody treatment. [![](https://i.redd.it/x54g6qngb7k71.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/x54g6qngb7k71.jpg) Really? REALLY!?!?!? Even if pharmacists could administer it, where would they get it, compound it, document it, etc. not to mention the physician’s orders? Sorry if this doesn’t make sense; I’m completely baffled by this. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/2 "2021-08-29T05:09:33Z")
He’s being disingenuous-it’s ‘free’ because the federal government is paying for it, so thank Joe Biden if you get some. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/3 "2021-08-29T05:30:32Z")
I found out that an Arkansas chain called Express RX authorized their personnel to give this - with a doctor’s order, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/4 "2021-08-29T08:33:38Z")
I don’t see where he’s practicing medicine. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/5 "2021-08-29T11:49:12Z")
I’m not an Asa Hutchinson fan but he’s one of the few Rs who’s kinda, sorta admitted he was wrong. Yes, the bar is low, but I’ll still take it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/6 "2021-08-29T14:10:56Z")
You know what’s even easier than four free shots in 1.5 hours after you’re exposed? Two free shots, each less than a half-hour, before you’ve been exposed! ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/7 "2021-08-29T16:14:58Z")
It’s a real program. The details aren’t all included in the tweet, of course. But this treatment has been hard to get to people because it should be administered to non-hospitalized people, but previously needed to be administered in a way that typically would occur at a hospital. It looks like they’ve determined it can be administered via 4 subq shots rather than by IV, which makes it much more available. I was baffled when this was posted in the other thread. I guess I know why now. But it’s a real treatment being made available in my state as well. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/8 "2021-08-29T16:15:26Z")
Yeah, there’s no diagnosis here or treatment ordered/prescribed. This is merely a public service announcement saying where someone can get a certain treatment for a certain condition/disease. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-gov-asa-hutchinson-youre-practicing-medicine-without-a-license/949711/9 "2021-08-29T16:27:29Z")
> [@bump](#): > > This is merely a public service announcement saying where someone can get a certain treatment for a certain condition/disease. However he _ **should** _ have mentioned you will need a medical order. The way he puts it could be interpreted as like that you can just walk in and ask for it if you’ve been exposed.