So about a third of those who got intubated survived. Around 0.5% give or take 0.3%, estimating. So when the smoke clears the drugs might have saved a third of the est. 5,000 total deaths. IOW even if they work the drugs will make a difference to at best a couple thousand people. Not to be too callous but at this time it’s statistically trivial.
But if the drugs are given early enough to stop the disease from progressing to ARDS? If the drugs can do that.
Not to the people who survive.
Sometimes it's about more than stats.
The value of a human life cannot be measured in numbers.