Commentary
The month, as I recall, was December and the year 2021 in the thick of the COVID-19 crisis with the Delta variant in circulation. In New England, there was no way to get hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, or any other off-label drug for the virus apart from vitamins. For reasons still unexplained, they had been removed from the shelves. Even with a prescription, you could not buy these therapeutics.





