No, it wasn't missed. What happened was that doctors thought that steroids would suppress the immune system, and that is not what they wanted at the time. My wife is asthmatic, and she was warned not to use her daily inhaler because it was a steroid.
Now, the belief is that the cytokine storm is what we want to avoid, and by suppressing the immune system, we can avoid it. So the original conclusion was completely wrong, but that's what happens when you have a new virus. Everyone thought this was a respiratory disease, but now it's looking more like a blood disease.
Now, the belief is that the cytokine storm is what we want to avoid, and by suppressing the immune system, we can avoid it. So the original conclusion was completely wrong, but that's what happens when you have a new virus. Everyone thought this was a respiratory disease, but now it's looking more like a blood disease.