chloroquine does not do the same thing. It is not the magic bullet some think it is
“chloroquine does not do the same thing. It is not the magic bullet some think it is”
This in response to my saying choloquine does the same thing referring to this statement in the article: “An oral medicine was able to hinder the coronavirus behind COVID-19 as it attempted to replicate itself in human lung cells in test tubes”.
Chloroquine has been know for more than ten years stop viral proliferation in vitro, which is what this statement describes.
I can give you multiple references to chloroquine’s effectiveness in vitro if you want.
Re “magic bullet”’ no duh. There are no panaceas and magic bullets but nice of you to set up a strawman.
Re “an oral medicine”. It just shows how sloppy the writing us, even in Scientific Anerican wherein it is being developed as an oral drug, the in vitro studies are certainly not oral. Just messy writing.