Here we go again. With the holiday season fueling rising COVID-19 cases, public health officials are resorting to their tired playbook. It’s a script that is as familiar as it is failed. The Centers for Disease Control (where 8 in 10 employees are still working from home) is encouraging mask use, while Los Angeles is contemplating a new indoor mask mandate. School shutdowns are back in the conversation, even as data brings sobering news about declining test scores and student mental health. After half a century on the public dole, Dr. Anthony Fauci is stressing the need for COVID boosters.
Meanwhile, cost-effective and readily available repurposed generic drugs remain on the sidelines. Despite their promise and proven results, they are unable to join the fight against COVID, suppressed in favor of the “vaccine or bust” strategy favored by the Biden Administration and its allies in the pharmaceutical industry. The incoming Republican Congress should use its new power to hold hearings and push for early treatment strategies to address COVID….