"for something for which there was no initially no evidence" - that's not true. There was evidence that it had antiviral properties against covid-19 in vitro. T

"for something for which there was no initially no evidence" - that's not true. There was evidence that it had antiviral properties against covid-19 in vitro. This is extremely weak evidence (most compounds which are effective in vitro are ineffective when administered to an actual human in safe doses, as HCQ proved to be), but it isn't "no evidence".