WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising coronavirus treatments

Re:WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising ... by f_allwein on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:21AM (#22663311)

Was it this one? https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2020-03/covid-19s-stop-gap-s...

> It’s not a vaccine. Think about it as the administration of a protein, it’s a liquid that is given to people that gives them immunity.

> Right. Because the vaccine would provoke the recipient’s antibodies. You'll have the antibodies, but they won't be your antibodies—though it'll do the same thing.

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Re:WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising ... by nil-sec on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:29AM (#22663374)

Yes. What do you want to say with the quotes from the article? Yes it is not a vaccine, neither are antiviral treatments.

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Re:WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising ... by throwaway4787 on Monday March 23, 2020 @08:45AM (#22663520)

The antiviral treatments undergoing trial are (for the most part) very inexpensive drugs that have been known for years or even decades so they don't need additional testing once they're proven to work and can be manufactured at scale almost immediately (since the production chains already exist).

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Re:WHO launches global megatrial of the four most promising ... by throwanem on Monday March 23, 2020 @09:27AM (#22663891)

This is only true of the chloroquines, and those are antiparasitics, not antivirals.

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