Touting a recent, small study of drug treatment of Covid 19 patients, public health officials sound reassuring that this positive news is encouraging. Fast tracking it’s approval for treatment sounds good as well.
But the benefits are overblown. The effects are dramatic in some cases. But it is the same belief in magic bullets that we always have. If we don’t yet understand how it kills, how can we truly understand how it cures?
In our panic we can be reckless. Reasoning is shortcut. If it is life or death, we should be more careful.
If I were sick, I would probably ask for anything and everything. Proven or unproven. But, typing away on my phone, safe inside, it’s easy to claim bravery. Easy to stay calm. Easy to reject drugs.