It’s cheaper than shutting down our Armed Forces. This drug may be of strategic importance.
Yes any drug that is effective against this disease is of strategic importance. The more the better.
We also need to really ramp up N95 production to the point where ordinary citizens can get them. With effective medicines and enough PPE for citizens we can get back to work and start digging out of the economy hole we are in.
It seems better option than Bill Gates and his vaccine.