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Rstrstx

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13. The jury is still out
Sun Apr 26, 2020, 04:16 AM
Apr 2020

Here's a good (and recent) video summarizing what is currently known, starting at the 5:45 mark:



And yes, unfortunately like everything else Trump has managed to politicize medicine, which is why I suspect many people are projecting their political biases onto the drug. In the meantime we'll have to wait for the results of proper clinical trials involving the chloroquines and other drugs being paired with them. There are many other drugs being tried, hopefully there will be some encouraging clinical results soon (the sooner the better). Here's another video where a New York doctor gives his opinion on the potential of current drugs:



A little disappointed he didn't discuss Avigan (favipiravir), but its availability is limited at this time.
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