Covid-19: Ummm....The New York State Chloroquine Trials That Were Expected To Show Results This Week HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED

The clinical trial of a combination treatment of hydrochloroquine and azithromycin was announced on March 22 with a start date of Tuesday March 24. Here's our link to the UPI story, there are many other sources, Governor Cuomo made a pretty big deal out of the announcement.

So this ABC News story on Thursday was a bit of a shocker:

Clinical trials may begin next week in New York for coronavirus treatments: Health official
Gov. Cuomo announced this week that he was eager to get the trials started.

By Josh Margolin

March 26, 2020, 12:54 PM

Officials are working out final details in plans to begin clinical trials next week for a malaria drug combination that appears to hold some promise for confronting the coronavirus pandemic.

New York state Health Department officials are making arrangements to determine what patients at which hospitals will be allowed to participate in trials with hydroxychloroquine, Zithromax and chloroquine, a senior official at the department with knowledge of the plan told ABC News. The bulk of the patients are expected to be in the New York City metro area because the region has the biggest cluster of cases.

"We’re in the midst of getting info from hospitals across the state to determine interest and number of patients," the official said. "Supplies will be going out by end of week."

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced earlier this week that he was eager to get the trials started. By Tuesday, the drugs were in New York and officials were working to identify who could participate....MORE

What the hell is going on in New York?