[Mahler9th]

I think the OP might best be served by asking his or her own doctor. That is almost always best when seeking answers to such questions.

I found post #5 salient.

I think there are and will continue to be all kinds of wild claims about the Covid-19 disease, mitigation steps, potentially safe and effective therapies and possible vaccines and so on all over social media platforms like these forums.

Some will be based on facts and some will not. And folks will decide on their own what to believe and what not to believe, whether based on facts or not.

To me that is just human nature-- it existed since humans could communicate with one another. Think that the widespread use of social media platforms is just a natural extension of what humans have been doing for centuries when it comes to this type of communication.