So why was this sort of thing illegal decades ago? This right here. You end up with treatments that are supported by wild and unsubstantiated claims that lay people can’t really be expected to understand and that makes them vulnerable to charlatans some earnest and some, perhaps not. The rightful place for these discussions is away from the public. Not for nefarious reasons but the public just isn’t informed enough to participate. Not through any fault of their own. if I were in a room full of Infectious Disease Specialists I would listen carefully and probably not utter a word. Even my fund of knowledge can’t put me into competition on their playing field.
Instead, I’m here trying to help you understand things that you probably could have lived a very happy life without ever dealing with at all. I’m happy to do it, don’t get me wrong.
RE: So why was this sort of thing illegal decades ago? This right here
Because we never had a pandemic as bad and widespread as this one that has in effect, shut down the world’s economy.
The fact that there have been studies made in China, South Korea, France and other places that showed promise and the fact that we are not living in normal conditions, tell us that it is worth a try. And if it was tried and found to be quite effective ( again, by doctors who have been practicing for decades ), I would say that there is good evidence that it is not ( to use the words of the media ) UNPROVEN.
If you want 100% proof, I’m sorry, there is not such animal. All we have are sufficient evidence on hundreds of patients that it has worked for them,and the other studies in other countries. That should be at least good enough NOT to tag the words — UNPROVEN to it.
I would not even call your own proposed non-HCQ protocol unproven if it has been shown to work for hundreds of people.