Originally Posted by Anson Harris

There's a tendency to over simplify covid treatments, thinking that there's a single therapy or drug that will be a magic cure-all. The reality of covid is more complex, and covid appears to have multiple stages that require different approaches in each stage. The late stages are by far the most troublesome, and it may be that we are never able to effectively treat late stage covid very effectively (the goal would be to avoid progressing to this stage). I don't think anybody is saying that HCQ is the wonder drug that cures covid in all forms, but it keeps coming up as something that appears to help (depending on the stage and circumstances).

Dismissing HCQ as worthless seems questionable at this point. It may be useful as a preventive measure in high-risk groups or in the early stages of the disease. On the contrary, it's not unreasonable to conclude that there seems to be a purposeful effort in some quarters to discredit HCQ for political reasons.