Reminds me how ivermectin was approached during the covid pandemic. No, it did not help against covid, but it did prevent people with strongyloidiasis receiving corticosteroids for covid from almost certain death.

Instead of ridiculing the people taking it, trying to prevent them taking it and strengthening conspiracy theories, from a public trust and health perspective, people should have been advised in how to safely take it, if they really wanted to.

From those perspective you sometimes have to work with idiots, not try to fight them. Same with the vaccinations: "hey, this vaccine might prevent you from a disease that could kill you, especially if you are fat, old and male -you SHOULD take it, but you don't have to" we got an absolutely diabolical "you will leave your job and won't be allowed to leave the house if you don't get vaccinated" laws.