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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 September 2021
When the pandemic was declared in March 2020, there were no vaccines or tested specific antiviral therapies for the SARS-CoV-2 virus with confirmed significant reductions in mortality. The medical community at the time was overwhelmed by the rapid increase in the number of cases and the escalating number of hospitalizations and deaths. Unproven ideas, sporadic case reports, and confusing information populated the news, social media, and even technical journals. For instance, hydroxychloroquine was considered by some a miracle drug, by some ineffective, and by others damaging. Political interests and wishful thinking polluted any dispassionate assessment. It was unclear at the time the pandemic was declared whether an effective vaccine or treatment would be available within a couple of years.
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