Arthur Griffith subverted war censorship in his newspaper Scissors and Paste. It reprinted material that had passed the censors, but clipped and arranged to show the official line was ridiculous, contradictory. Social media does the scissor work for us.https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/even-if-biden-becomes-president-there-s-no-turning-back-1.4389378 …
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You're giving the HCQ guys the short shrift here. The reason crank docs, YouTubers and Trump recommend it is that China has recommended it, albeit in its older form as chloroquine.https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3098021/coronavirus-conflicting-treatment-message-china-rejects-trump …
If you're concerned about the state of medical knowledge in China, my recollection is that they have TCM in their domestic treatment recommendations but remove it in their international guidance. CQ had already been under investigation as a potential SARS treatment.