[throwaway205826]

Unironically, becoming a crystal healing hippy is probably better for you on expectation than subjecting yourself to the iatrogenic interventions the median doctor will probably subject you to. The same is true of e.g. faith based healing. It doesn’t matter if it literally does nothing except make you feel a bit better - that’s probably better than going to the doctor for most conditions.

Beyond that, doing a bit of research yourself will almost certainly give you better info than listening to whatever bullshit the CDC puts out for mass consumption. This isn’t specific to coronavirus or anything - this has always been true. Establishment medical organizations already have shit results, and it’s not going to get better when you throw political appointments in the mix. Same is true of health recs from other government bodies like USDA. Their health recs change constantly with no evidentiary basis.