The medical-pharma-government complex, which Fauci is the spokesman for, were more than happy to push treatments like Remdesivir that had clinically shown itself to do no good. They also pushed the monoclonal antibodies, which did help. But they were both patented and produced by favored cronies in the medical-pharma-government complex. Follow the money there.
In fairness to the medical complex, they did finally find a cheap and effective treatment by using steroids. It didn't get much press, but it helped a lot. We can be thankful that Trump didn't mention steroids, so it didn't become political.
