In the old days of medicine that was called "treating" the patient.
A paradigm that was replaced with "apply insurance company approved protocols" and hope for the best. That has now been replaced with "apply government approved protocols" and "wait for the next proclamation of FauXi."
Too damned true. Locally, Vanderbilt Hospital has started a study about the effectiveness of Ivermectin. Perhaps there is a chink in the government protocols. If Vandy starts approving of it in early symptoms, then a lot of local doctors will follow.