I want people to rush to testing all sorts of drugs, this one included. How quickly should testing of a drug expand? That depends on a balance of risks. The fa

I want people to rush to testing all sorts of drugs, this one included. How quickly should testing of a drug expand? That depends on a balance of risks. The faster you go, the more danger there is of the drug having bad side-effects while you're figuring out how safe and effective it is. The slower you go, the more you delay the possible benefits if the drug ends up working. Right now the potential benefits of such a drug are enormous -- or, put another way, each day of delay is a minor catastrophe. That should tilt the scales a lot. Sometimes the careful, cautious thing to do is to go fast!