I agree with you that HCQ shouldn't be used as a preventive as it would seem some have been suggesting.
though if there is a 1 in 100,000 chance of death by a side effect vs 1 in 20 chance of death(very sick patients) without using it. Then the choice seems clear.
[[though if there is a 1 in 100,000 chance of death by a side effect ]]
I don’;t even think it’s that low- Look online, you won’t find any numbers for deaths from HCQ (At least i couldn’t find them)- Doctors prescribing it for many decades state they haven ever seen a death from it- and the people the prescribe it to are on it long term- for life-