Is there chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine?

Now, this is a common malaria drug.

That was President Trump last Thursday.

Maybe you've been watching the White House briefings and heard from the President that

an old drug is being repurposed as an experimental treatment for COVID-19.

And it's shown very encouraging, very, very encouraging early results.

And we're going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately.

Last Friday, a reporter asked coronavirus task force member Dr. Anthony Fauci whether

there was any evidence that chloroquine was effective against COVID-19.

Fauci said no.

The information that you're referring to specifically is anecdotal.

It was not done in the controlled clinical trial, so you really can't make any definitive

statement about it.

If you're confused, you're not alone.

Let me start by saying this.

There is currently no proven treatment or cure for the novel coronavirus.

But I can see how that might sometimes be unclear since some drug names are being talked about

as if they may be already working.

Names like chloroquine and remdesivir.

They're hard to pronounce and even harder to prove that they're effective.

So in this episode, I'll break down the latest information and also answer some of your

questions about possible drug treatments for the coronavirus.

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