That could explain a lot. Except for the propaganda it is pretty common knowledge that HCQ + Zinc + and anti-biotic work amazingly well against COVID. Way better than these so-called vaccines, and Remdesivir. Just not nearly as much money to be made off of HCQ. It is really inexpensive.
HCQ has been common in a lot of these places due to Malaria and other things that HCQ is traditionally used to treat.
That indeed could be a huge factor.
I'm like you in that I still read a lot, but I rarely have the resources to post and discuss (working on a masters & dealing w arm pain)
you or your readers might take what you've done here and expand it in this contest for SBI rewards:
https://peakd.com/sbi/@thecontesttrain/oops-cancelling-first-contest-announcing-the-new-sbi-for-best-dissection-of-vaccine-passport-propaganda
As always, let me now and I'll remove the link ;)