“So you want other people with underlying conditions without corona virus to be given HOQ?”
No that would be to study safety, and has been done.
Was it found to be safe? It must be safe as it is allowed to be used for other conditions, but in a lower dose.It must have been proved to be safe at a higher dose, but with cautions on heart arrhythmia.
You also wrote:”A control in this case would be to take a similar group to the one getting HCQ and NOT giving HCQ.”
They have done this, but without zinc in the HOQ group.
I don’t think it is ethical to stand around and not intervene when people are getting very sick, even if they agree with that, it is “putting a stumbling block before the blind”.Let’s not forget the zinc. People are giving HOQ without zinc and that defeats the purpose, it is the zinc that completes the cure in combination with the HOQ.
see the beginning of Dr. Zelenko’s video I cited above in a previous post, he gives a broad outline-
‘Vladimir Zev Zelenko: What works to defeat the virus? How to prevent or weaken the illness?’ at the very beginning.