Introduction
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CORONAVIRUS
As the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 spread globally, many opted to repurpose readily available medications to combat the damaging effects of COVID-19. Among the first, the misguided use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) gained fast recognition early in the pandemic from preliminary data from a small study with findings suggestive of possible benefit in the treatment of COVID-19 [By the first year of the pandemic, Peru was reporting an overwhleming 1239 COVID-19 deaths per million inhabitants [