of the collection of side effects that are possible. I suppose anything is possible with regard to politics but you are probably aware of who the FDA works for and answers to. Hard to imagine that they would publish something like this and get away with it without having their ducks in a row.

This was published by the FDA as recently as June.

https://www.fda.gov/media/138946/download

A sample:

FDA’s review of the available scientific evidence determined:

•The suggested dosing regimens for CQ and HCQ as detailed in the Fact Sheets are unlikely to produce an antiviral effect.

•Earlier reports of decreased viral shedding with HCQ or CQ treatment have not been consistently replicated and recent data from a randomized controlled trial assessing probability of negative conversion showed no difference between HCQ and standard of care alone.

•Current U.S. treatment guidelines do not recommend the use of HCQ or CQ in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial, and the NIH guidelines now recommend against such use outside of a clinical trial.

•Recent data from a large randomized controlled trial showed no evidence of benefit of HCQ treatment in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 for mortality or other outcomes such as hospital length of stay or need for mechanical ventilation.