More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study https://apnews.com/a5077c7227b8eb8b0dc23423c0bbe2b2 #science
More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study

A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among...

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The thing about this is if it happened to be a "cure" it was totally for random reasons as it is not anti-viral. It seems much more interesting to test it as a prophylactic (perhaps with dosing similar to malaria). Reminder: no consensus on why it works for malaria.
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