America's case fatality ratio for COVID-19 is a direct result of the demonization of hydroxychloroquine. The fact that early treatment even among elderly and high risk patients is 99% successful should tell us all we need to know.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newly-published-outpatient-study-finds-that-early-use-of-zinc-hydroxychloroquine-and-azithromycin-is-associated-with-less-hospitalizations-and-death-301094237.html
Case fatality ratio from John's Hopkins
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
The reason sub-Saharan African countries have such low fatality rates is because malaria is endemic and there is historically widespread use of hydroxychloroquine.
https://www.covid-19forum.org/index.php?topic=396.0