Well, it might have been just as effective as the "vaccine". IOW, zero.
Could have used it to see if it worked. Millions upon Millions have been given Invermectin around the world without side effects.
You would have been banging an 80 year old. she died in 2021 at 95. I was trudging across the fields (now parking lots) of UB probably before you were born (the day before the Blizzard of '77).
And the same loonies here would complain about Thomas and his wife traveling around during the summer hiatus in his RV and parking overnight at Walmarts.
This is a real one. Aerosmith was writing the songs for Toys in the Attic. They had the melody, but couldn't think of a hook in the chorus. They took break and went to see young Frankenstein at the movies. They saw Marty Feldman (Igor) saying this line which gave one of their bigger hits its title. "Walk this way."
I was 13 when the 70s ended. If you rely on seeing old TV , people would think that all 20-early 30 year olds were hippies. I don't know anyones parents were hippies back then
Get some help red. Take a vacation and watch a few sunsets. Follow John Fogarty's advice. "If I had my way, I'd shuffle off to Buffalo, sit by the lake and watch the world go by."