> for something for which there was no initially no evidence That's not true: "The FDA has, however, issued an emergency use authorization for the drug. In p

> for something for which there was no initially no evidence That's not true: "The FDA has, however, issued an emergency use authorization for the drug. In press releases, the FDA has stressed that “there are no currently approved treatments for COVID-19.” However, the agency says both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine phosphate “have shown activity in laboratory studies against coronaviruses,”" This is back in 2020, so yes, there was some evidence. Later studies showed it didn't work - but that wasn't known in 2020.