Greg Elliott: Do the studies before prescribing medicines for COVID-19

Years ago, I benefited from my medical education. Not all facts taught then stood the test of time, but the wisdom of my teachers was timeless.For example, Theodore Woodward, M.D., shared two “pearls." First, “All medicines are poisons,” was a caution to pay attention to the potential for a medicine to do more harm than good. He also told me to “Believe half of what you read, and half of what you hear,” a caution to read and listen carefully.Both pearls resonate as