"limited and anecdotal... in several countries." T

"limited and anecdotal... in several countries." That's not a wholesale endorsement by the FDA.
If you had patients dying from a viral infection, and there was no known treatment, wouldn't you say "what have they got to lose?" and dose them? I would, on the chance it might save them. That's why they're saying "go ahead and throw the drug at it, in case it works."

But don't try to divert the conversation, again.

The fact is, Dr. Smith is making claims that are not only unsubstantiated, he's NOT giving out crucial data that would show whether his claims are credible , as I detailed in my post.

The French and Chinese studies are suspect. The problems with those studies are well documented. A simple Google search will give you any number of articles detailing the problems.

And here is one that just popped up:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/touting-virus-cure...56340.html

Since cherry-picking quotes out of context to support a positions seems to be the tactic that some want to take, how about these?

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This week, doctors in China said it [anti-malarials] had helped to speed the recovery of a small number of patients who were mildly ill from the coronavirus. But other studies have contradicted those findings or have been inconclusive.

“Anyone who tells you these drugs work, or don’t work, is not basing that view on science ,” said David Juurlink, head of the division of clinical pharmacology at the University of Toronto. “There’s reason to be optimistic, and there’s also reason to be pessimistic.”

Dr. Jeff Paley, an internist in Englewood, New Jersey, who shares some patients with Zelenko, said it was “irresponsible” for him to promote a treatment without warning people that the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin can cause severe side effects if not properly administered, especially in patients with preexisting heart problems.

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oops, sorry, I guess that quote isn't out of context after all.