# Doctor Trump Prescribing... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [March 23, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131 "2020-03-23T23:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/21 "2020-03-24T23:30:30Z")
But…but…Easter is a special day. We all must endeavor to be healthy and pack the churches. I hear there is a magic pixie in the sky who will make us all well. And…dinner on the grounds. Right after the easter egg hunt. I feel all this, bigly. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/22 "2020-03-24T23:49:26Z")
> [@](#): > > A **nationwide shortage of two drugs touted as possible treatments for the coronavirus is being driven in part by doctors inappropriately prescribing the medicines for family, friends, and themselves** , according to pharmacists and state regulators. > > “It’s disgraceful, is what it is,” said Garth Reynolds, executive director of the Illinois Pharmacists Association, which started getting calls and emails Saturday from members saying they were receiving questionable prescriptions. “And completely selfish.” > > Demand for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine surged over the past several days as President Donald Trump promoted them as possible treatments for the coronavirus and online forums buzzed with excitement over a small study suggesting the combination of hydroxychloroquine and a commonly used antibiotic could be effective in treating COVID-19. > **[Doctors Are Hoarding Unproven Coronavirus Medicine by Writing Prescriptions...](https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/03/doctors-hoard-unproven-covid-19-meds-by-writing-prescriptions-for-selves-families/)** > > Pharmacists told ProPublica that they are seeing unusual and fraudulent prescribing activity as doctors stockpile unproven coronavirus drugs endorsed by President Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/23 "2020-03-24T23:53:17Z")
\ “I wanna have my easter egg party! want it! WANT IT! YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!” \ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/24 "2020-03-25T03:16:44Z")
If the Monaco GP is cancelled, Fuck Easter! ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/25 "2020-03-25T04:58:11Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > It may not be reasonable to pin this particular incident on Trump, but as candidate and then President he’s spent four years promoting mistrust in government, promulgating “deep state” conspiracies where none exist, belittling career bureaucrat like Dr. Fauci, attempting to dismantle medical services, public health, and social welfare programs of all kinds, and generally acting like the Fox News addict that he is except with millions of Twitter followers clueless enough to believe every word “seriously if not literally”. Trump is responsible for creating a situation in which many people feel they have to fend for themselves because that is exactly what he has set out to do. > > Stranger You make him sound almost competent. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/26 "2020-03-25T23:09:51Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > If the Monaco GP is cancelled, Fuck Easter! Prince Albert II of Monaco is the first head of state to test positive. Don’t inhale. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/27 "2020-03-25T23:22:11Z")
It’s Monaco. No need to hold the race. Just hold qualifying. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131/28 "2020-03-25T23:24:12Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > You make him sound almost competent. Even a blind pig… Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-trump-prescribing/850131.md?page=1)