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Why hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine don't block coronavirus infection of human lung cells

from The Chronicle Herald

Why hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine don't block coronavirus infection of human lung cells The Chronicle Herald A paper came out in Nature on July 22 that further underscores earlier studies that show that neither the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine nor chloroquine prevents SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — from replicating in lung cells. Most Americans probably remember that hydroxychloroquine became the focus of numerous clinical trials following the president’s statement that it could be a “game changer.” At the time, he appeared to base this statement on anecdotal stories, as well as a few early and very limited studies that hydroxychloroquine seemed to help patients with COVID-19 recover. READ MORE

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