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John Solomon (38)
Saw an interview with the head of the team - close to commencing clinical trials - anti-malarial and an antiviral used in HIV (these mentioned earlier in thread) - and aiming at a comparative trial of Drug A v Drug B v Drug A&B from what I could tell.
Unfortunately it’s a bit of sensationalism to chase funding. Important trial but it’s using existing drugs that were tried and seemed to have some benefit in China and Italy. Chloroquine (or hydroxychloroquine) is one. It might reduce the severity if given early but you can see from their mortality rates it’s probably not the magic bullet.
It’s not unique to QLD. The same trials of the same drugs are being done overseas as well.