Remdesivir may -- or may not -- overall be more effective or safer than the HCQ/Zinc/Antibiotics combination. Or different drugs will be better for patients at different stages or with different medical histories. The point of clinical trials and competitive evaluations is to find that out. There may be some other drug that is even better like ivermectin, or a biologic like blood plasma from convalescent patients, or some other therapy entirely. One count lists more than 160 drugs and vaccines in development.
Vanquishing the Virus: 160+ COVID-19 Drug and Vaccine Candidates in Development.I don’t dispute anything you are saying. More cures are better, especially in the realm of virology.
However, why a 900 point move to the upside in the market, and the breathlessness of the people reporting it in the media?
The risk involved in a novel treatment like this is orders of magnitude higher than with HCQ/Zinc which Fauci has been throwing shade on since the get-go.
The entire reason we have an FDA is Thalidomide. Great drug, and then over time you find out it maims kids in the womb.
HCQ is relatively safer, by a wide margin. Why the continuing shade?