German virologist Drosten on the length of the live changing Covid-19 crisis

Posted by mburger on Sunday March 22, 2020 @05:36AM
from the zeit.de dept.

https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-03/christian-drosten-coronavirus-pandemic-germany-virologist-charite

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Re:German virologist Drosten on the length of the live chang... by Tomte on Sunday March 22, 2020 @06:00AM (#22653886)

> I see the antiviral drug remdesivir as the best option.

and

> I don't see any real alternatives. Neither the malaria drug chloroquine nor the HIV drugs ritonavir/lopinavir. Both have been the subject of clinical studies, but the results haven't been convincing.

Prof. Drosten doesn't share the optimism regarding chloroquine, that many on the Internet hold.

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Re:German virologist Drosten on the length of the live chang... by mburger on Sunday March 22, 2020 @10:14AM (#22655049)

German-language transcript of the interview where Prof. Drosten elaborates on his assessment regarding the effectiveness of chloroquine:

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/coronaskript134.pdf

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