Hydroxychloroquine is a drug known for decades and used routinely against malaria and rheumatic disorders.
Last year, the drug was suddenly deemed dangerous. The statement by then-President Donald Trump that hydroxychloroquine would be a “game changer” did the rest to discredit the medication.
The political reasoning no longer allowed a scientific debate on HCQ.
From the outset, the message given in public discourse was that vaccination was the only way out.
The WHO even went so far as to change the definition of “herd immunity”, implying that it can only be achieved by vaccination and no longer by previous infection, as was previously the case.
