L.A. County gives COVID shots at home. Advocates fear ‘people just don’t know about this’
A homeopathic treatment for the coronavirus that’s been given to hundreds of county residents has drawn immediate concern from some officials and concerned residents, who worry about over-regulating the use of the drug and potential complications.
“We can’t stop everybody from using the drug, but if we give everybody the drug, we could be over-medicating a population that probably wouldn’t need to be medicated,” said Dr. Michael Goldhaber, the medical director for Los Angeles County.
In order to avoid any potential issues, the drug has been handed out on the county’s behalf to only “a small fraction of the population” according to Goldhaber. While Goldhaber added that he could not comment on what the drug does to people in the drug’s first application, he did say the medication has been used for a short period of time and has not been given to any patients over the age of 75.
One of the first applications came from a woman in her 30s who said she did it because she was feeling a bit down. She said she has been able to deal with her symptoms and had been prescribed the drug by her doctor.
“I feel like, you know, it’s for the people that need it, but it has a pretty strong side effect,” said the woman.
The woman’s doctor in New Jersey is concerned about giving the drug, the medication that came into effect March 27, to everyone.
“I think it should be at the discretion of the person,” said Dr. Jeffrey Green, the chief of emergency medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. “If a person can manage that medication, then it’s no problem, if