Asking whether FDA’s decision to allow emergency use of two old anti-malarial drugs was ‘political’ misses the point. The issue already was political, and FDA’s action may well be the best way to keep some measure of federal control on supplies of a drug with important other uses.
Did the US Food & Drug Administration err in granting an Emergency Use Authorization for the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for use against COVID-19?
The answer to that question may go a long way in determining what, if any, impact on the outbreak has...