No. Interestingly, the root cause of all these positive correlations might be the same. One thing that Hydroxychloroquine is undeniably good at is that it's a very effective dewormer. Anything that is either caused or made worse by worms, or by the immune system going haywire because of worms, will be improved by Hydroxychloroquine.
So, it helped against covid (in key populations) because one of the key interventions against covid will kill you if you also have worms. So in places like Bangladesh and Pakistan where intestinal worm infections are common, covid outcomes improve because the worms got killed. If this[0] is correct (and it is a very new result, so might as well not be), the positive correlation might well be that your immune system stays calmer if you have no worms.
> So, it helped against covid (in key populations) because one of the key interventions against covid will kill you if you also have worms.
What intervention?
So, it helped against covid (in key populations) because one of the key interventions against covid will kill you if you also have worms. So in places like Bangladesh and Pakistan where intestinal worm infections are common, covid outcomes improve because the worms got killed. If this[0] is correct (and it is a very new result, so might as well not be), the positive correlation might well be that your immune system stays calmer if you have no worms.
[0]: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01463-5