Hydroxychloroquine wasn't meant for something like covid. It increases risk of heart complications, as in stroke and heart attack, which was already a known symptom of the lab leaked virus. It didn't make sense nor was it responsible for it to be prescribed, especially for patients that were already high risk.

From one perspective, the risk wasn't worth it.

Rushing the vaccine in operation warp speed wasn't the right option either.

It was already flooding the shelves before its effectiveness could be fully verified.

And before we knew it, it was crammed down all of our throats, by force.

The right to try apparently didn't cover the right to deny, in the end.