Agree, but what we've seen was the extreme opposite of a rigorous protocol. Based on mere six cases or so, authors made an extremely bold claim. That could jus

Agree, but what we've seen was the extreme opposite of a rigorous protocol. Based on mere six cases or so, authors made an extremely bold claim. That could justify further research, though, and they were in fact made. Within some weeks there were already more thorough studies showing the inefficacy of those drugs, but the politicization was already irreversible at that point.