I’m going to start a thread on some of the research into treatments for COVID-19. This is one article from the past week I found useful (following the very small French clinical trial) https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2020/03/25/chloroquine-use-for-covid-19-shows-no-benefit-in-first-small-but-limited-controlled-trial/
Hydroxychloroquine Use For COVID-19 Coronavirus Shows No Benefit In First Small—But Limited—Contr...

The study’s small size and other weaknesses mean it does not offer a lot of helpful information in determining the possible utility of hydroxychloroquine, according to experts who reviewed the study.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2020/03/25/chloroquine-use-for-covid-19-shows-no-benefit-in-first-small-but-limited-controlled-trial/
Here is the French study (apologies, the term ‘clinical trial’ may be incorrect): Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: result... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924857920300996
Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-rand...

Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been found to be efficient on SARS-CoV-2, and reported to be efficient in Chinese COV-19 patients. We evaluate…

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924857920300996
Good context here — important to remember how little we know. https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1243673662345142272?s=21 https://twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1243673662345142272
Oh no
https://twitter.com/cnnpolitics/status/1247121386541383681?s=21 https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1247121386541383681
Here’s a very problematic, very preliminary write up on the new drug remdesivir https://twitter.com/nejm/status/1248697013870493698?s=21 https://twitter.com/nejm/status/1248697013870493698
And a great thread on some of the issues with it: https://twitter.com/gidmk/status/1249537293536210944?s=21 https://twitter.com/gidmk/status/1249537293536210944
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