I wouldn't say 'take this with a grain of salt', but I also wouldn't brush it off as fake either. Yes, the french study wasn't structured perfectly. But such a

I wouldn't say 'take this with a grain of salt', but I also wouldn't brush it off as fake either. Yes, the french study wasn't structured perfectly. But such a trial isn't possible in the timeframe we're looking at. If enough respected virologists (like Didier Raoult) and doctors in China/South Korea see some positive signals, it makes sense to prepare for the event that it does indeed help. Keep in mind, this is already being used as a treatment in the US today. They likely have even better data than we do. Or if they don't, they still feel like it's worth taking a calculated risk on.