Cuomo also plans to tread lightly as information about the drug is still to be determined. Still, the issue remains not that hydroxychloroquine won't work, but that we don't know yet — and the suggestion to blindly assign it as the cure for COVID-19 will only result in further health issues for Americans. And, the gray area as to whether drugs like hydroxychloroquine work to cure the coronavirus, which is leading to doctors stockpiling the drug , becomes harmful for patients who actually need it running on limited supply.