The likely alternative, death, is for most of us considerably...

The likely alternative, death, is for most of us considerably worse than the side effects of this cure.
Death is the permanent cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

Tom Hanks wife, Rita Wilson, complained about the side effects of this drug too when she was in a bad way here back in March but it saved her life according to doctors who treated her and she's reported since that she has now made a full recovery, although she isn't sure if the Hydroxylchloroquine did the trick, when Gold Coast doctors administered it after her temp' reached 39.8, "or if it was just time for the fever to break"!