Colleagues:
This is an update after 7 days of COVID-19 illness and five days of treatment at home. I outline the steps of contract tracing, reducing household re-inoculation, and the important therapeutic interventions including vitamins/supplements, off-target antivirals, corticosteroids, and antiplatelet/antithrombic drugs. I also highlight the importance of becoming enrolled as a patient in randomized trials and show you how I did it over the phone and had a research drug delivered to my house within hours. Fortunately, despite being over 50 years old and with medical problems, I feel I am improving and will avoid the two feared outcomes of COVID-19–hospitalization and death. I hope the material presented can be helpful to you and your doctor as you face COVID-19 at home. The opinions I have expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my institutions.
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Vice Chairman of Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas TX USA
Dr. McCullough is an internationally recognized authority on the evaluation of medical evidence concerning contemporary issues in medicine. He has been a leader in the medical response to the COVID-19 disaster and has published the first guidance for the medical treatment of ambulatory patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. Finally, Dr. McCullough has published a widely read OPED series on COVID-19 in TheHill. His opinions are his own and not necessary those of his institutions.
