An elegant study recently published in the journal Cell, reports that when the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects a human cell, it causes the cells to sprout appendages studded with viral particles.
I am not sure what to believe about hydroxychloroquine at this point.
The Food and Drug Administration has revoked its emergency use authorization for the drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for treatment of Covid-19.
If you are or know someone diagnosed with COVID and showing symptoms, consider joining this paid study to test drug treatment of the disease. The study is sponsored by the University of Washington and includes several partners around the country. No travel is required.
A couple of weeks ago, headlines screamed that the WHO was stopping a large clinical trial testing the efficacy and safety of treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with the anti-malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine (HCL).
In some patients, COVID-19 has persisted for months. Read the article here.
A friend recently asked me, “Can you explain how the various universities, hospitals, NIH and others share data to build off each others work?” That is a good question. These are not normal times and normal avenues of science communication will not suffice.
