JedRothwell Thanks anyway.
QuoteThe evidence for favipiravir looks much more robust than the evidence for
chloroquine..HCQ
The issue isn't chloroquine, it's hydroxchloroquine combined with azithromycin. And more important, the efficacy to of that combination to treat the virus is simply unknown. The only thing known is that in 6 French patients, the combination completely stopped virus shedding from the nose. And in control patients, the shedding continued and in patients receiving only hydroxychloroquine, the shedding was less than controls but not zero. It's sort of nice to keep the facts in mind during discussions. Which CNN so far has done a poor job with. And just for the fun of splitting hairs, Turkey's favipiravir while it may have come from China, was invented in Japan, if I can go by Google.