Difficult to pronounce, and even more challenging to spell, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has undoubtedly become something everyone is talking about. After President Trump made mention of this anti-malarial/autoimmune disease medication as a potential “game-changer” in the fight against COVID-19, the political and medical scene has become a boxing match between physicians, politicians and the general public.

One side says the drug, originally developed to prevent and treat malaria and cur...