You’ve misunderstood what happened. They didn’t say the ORIGINAL formulation of Sudafed doesn’t work. They said the new formulation that has only been used recently (because they passed laws to make it hard to buy the original one) is the one that doesn’t work.
The original formula still works just fine. It’s the junk they tried to replace it with that is junk.
The FDA reviewed data that show that phenylephrine is ineffective for decongestion.
Another ingredient used as a decongestant is pseudoephedrine, and it is still available. You can buy Sudafed with that active ingredient today. There are other decongestants that retain FDA approval, as well.
Only phenylephrine has lost FDA approval.
Maybe it cures covid?
In Los Angeles the woman in charge along with her daughter of what business stayed opened and what would close, that kids would wear masks in school did the same thing. There was no SCIENCE at all, just made up.
SCIENCE:
@CDCDirector
admits she made policy decisions during Covid by asking friends, “Well, what are you planning to do?” And they would casually agree on some policy on the phone and then do that.
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1701989428678341090