In March 2020, Ivermectin was not really on the treatment radar. However, Dr. Zalenko had informed the White House that zinc as a virus stopper, HCQ as an IONOPHORE (Google this), and Azithromycin as a lung protector were quite effective as early treatment (later analysis showing 80 t0 90% effectivness preventing death). Both Fauci and Trump mentioned zinc with the other two items several times for a week or two, then dropped zinc from the conversation. Shortly after announcing a trial of HCQ and Azithromycin WITHOUT ZINC, and only in hospitalized patients in May, Fauci started pushing for pricey Remdesivir treatment. There were also a lot of scare stories about HCQ at around this time. This despite decades of low risk treatment with HCQ for millions facing malaria. I believe it was all deliberate and that Fauci was involved. Want to check this out in Kennedy’s book about Fauci and Bill Gates.
hopefully Trump is changing his views on which meds to use and which ones not to use,I guess we shall see.