This should be higher, that's exactly how it went. The FDA even said: "both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine phosphate “have shown activity in laboratory stu

This should be higher, that's exactly how it went. The FDA even said: "both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine phosphate “have shown activity in laboratory studies against coronaviruses,”", but they stressed it was not proven yet. i.e. your step 1 was based on current evidence. Then everything went insane exactly as you describe.