And there is absolutely no evidence it hurts either...
Did you read any or all of that article? Pretty much all of it was saying that there is no true evidence that it helps (yet), and definite evidence that it hurts some people with certain issues, which also makes up most of the people in the ICUs.
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Performing a Bayesian A/B test, we found that for the original data, there was strong statistical evidence for the positive effect of HCQ mono improving the chances of viral reduction when compared to the comparison group. However, we found that the level of evidence drops down to moderate evidence when including the deteriorated patients, and it drops further to anecdotal evidence when excluding the patients that were not tested on the day of the primary outcome (day 6). For context, anecdotal evidence is generally considered ‘barely worth mentioning’
That's basically saying that it helped people that weren't too far gone. Would they have survived without the HCQ treatment? Maybe, maybe not. That's why we study things. We don't want to give people heart arrhythmias for no reason.
And we're not hoping that it's going to fail. We want to make sure it actually works, and doesn't cause (more) harm at the same time.
If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
