Monulparivir, the drug that "completely" stops the spread of coronavirus in 24 hours: This antiviral drug could prevent virus carriers from developing severe symptoms and transmitting the disease in a single day, according to studies.

I am not clinging to HCQ and Azithromycin. I am clinging to the 3 part concept—Ionophore, in-cell Virus Killer, lung protection. Ivermectin may be a better ionophore than HCQ and probably safer for a few with certain heart issues. Doxycycline may be a better for some patients than Azithromycin because of certain health issues. This is why all 4 drugs are prescription items so doctors can rule out the possible side effects. Are simvastatin and Pepcid ionophores, virus killers, or lung protectors? What is their mechanism of action? If they cannot get into infected cells where Covid is reproducing, how are they effective? If they are virus killers, do they need help getting into infected cells?

Zinc has specific problems getting into cells in large quantities which was the usefulness of HCQ. Apparently Ivermectin has similar utility but I have not seen scientific articles explaining its mechanism of action. Apparently the Koreans tested a number of existing drugs and Kaletra and zinc were 2 virus stoppers that were chosen to use with HCQ. I welcome other possibilities, but have not had time to find the scientific back-up for some of them. So I tend to stick with the ones I have already examined in detail. I welcome new information and scientific links for specific items. I think that for early treatment increases in nutrients like Vitamin C nd D3 may be enough lung protection. Dr. Zelenko has added Quercetin as an over-the-counter substitute for HCQ. You can see his series of links and modifications, and doses below, as well as much information on the fight against efforts to suppress low cost early treatment, and censorship of same.

https://faculty.utrgv.edu/eleftherios.gkioulekas/zelenko/index.html

gleeaikin :" I don’t know if this was censorship or if they felt the headline did not match the data."

You checked it through giggle ?
They are notorious for censoring anything that doesn't agree with their political bias.
Any search through giggle is censored ; giggle, on any issue involving covid on Giggle has less reliability than on "The Onion".

gleeaikin :" However, I would not have used the word “completely” stopped the virus without saying in ONE experiment using FERRETS."

Maybe so.
At least the experiment is 'promising'.
Yes, testing at this time is limited to ferrets.
Next stage is to see what inter-reaction with human blood, and then later, potentially to human patients.

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