It is not a stupid question at all but nobody has a legit answer yet, with so many tentative protocols under way all over the world. Some people recover because

It is not a stupid question at all but nobody has a legit answer yet, with so many tentative protocols under way all over the world. Some people recover because of non-standard drugs reducing the most critical effects, some other recover because they get non-standard cocktails at early stage, some other die because prolonged fever leads to multiorgan failure or infections. Gilead is making its part, which is laudable.