You are pointing to causation by hydrochloroquine and that can be proven yet. All these pts who make it to icu end up on jet fuel, we keep them screamingly bone dry, they have elevated d dimers, ferretin, so the liver has already taken a hit on a low flow state, as well as AKI and alveolar thickening which is the main problem we are dealing with requiring high peep to ventilate. I'm sure you've had to ventilate one of these pts... Right?
Main concern with HCQ is prolonged QTc. They get EKGs q 12 hours.
We are trialling HCQ, Azith and tacilizumab. Why don't you have a seat until some trials are actually finished.