Hydroxychloroquine: Yes? No? What else?
In discussion around the drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), let us recollect the three treatments given to U.S. President Donald Trump to combat his covid19 infection: Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody therapy, the anti-viral drug remdesivir and corticosteroid dexamethasone, which is typically given to patients on supplemental oxygen or needing ventilation. If medical trials of these drugs prove successful, they may become frontline covid19 medical treatments. In contrast, debate over the drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been politicised. Some conservative commentators attacked the dropping of HCQ from three medical trials after the trials failed to prove the drug was an effective covid19 treatment. These commentators criticised…