COVID-19 therapeutics: how to sow confusion and break public trust during international public health emergencies

COVID-19 therapeutics: how to sow confusion and break public trust during international public health emergencies

Abstract Since SARS-CoV2 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, those tasked with the stewardship of public health at a global, regional, and local level—policymakers, politicians, scientists, drug regulators, health officials, professional associations, journal editors, pu...

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Main Authors: Jerome Amir Singh, Rafaella Ravinetto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40545-020-00244-0
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spelling doaj-ed00fa5125c04a328d654c784e3e87212020-11-25T02:38:58ZengBMCJournal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice2052-32112020-07-011311710.1186/s40545-020-00244-0COVID-19 therapeutics: how to sow confusion and break public trust during international public health emergenciesJerome Amir Singh0Rafaella Ravinetto1Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-NatalInstitute for Tropical MedicineAbstract Since SARS-CoV2 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, those tasked with the stewardship of public health at a global, regional, and local level—policymakers, politicians, scientists, drug regulators, health officials, professional associations, journal editors, publishers, and clinicians—have displayed rushed decisions and lapses in judgment in their handling of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as potential COVID-19 therapeutics and prophylactics. These lapses merit noting as they hold lessons for how the guardians of medicines regulation and public health can inadvertently sow confusion and damage public trust.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40545-020-00244-0
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title_short COVID-19 therapeutics: how to sow confusion and break public trust during international public health emergencies
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title_fullStr COVID-19 therapeutics: how to sow confusion and break public trust during international public health emergencies
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description Abstract Since SARS-CoV2 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, those tasked with the stewardship of public health at a global, regional, and local level—policymakers, politicians, scientists, drug regulators, health officials, professional associations, journal editors, publishers, and clinicians—have displayed rushed decisions and lapses in judgment in their handling of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as potential COVID-19 therapeutics and prophylactics. These lapses merit noting as they hold lessons for how the guardians of medicines regulation and public health can inadvertently sow confusion and damage public trust.
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