[beager]

I've seen chloroquine come up a ton and am hopeful for the efficacy of its use in treatment of COVID-19. It's surreal to be observing the global impact of a novel pandemic, and anything that can save lives or blunt the propagation of the virus feels like a gasp of hope.

Of course, chloroquine is not a vaccine, it's not a tool to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2. We need massive and rapid propagation of testing, and meaningful progress toward a vaccine.

[dboreham]

Except a vaccine won't be ready until long after everyone is either dead or recovered.

[jackthehammer]

But if chloroquin , with or without zinc, halts viral replication as is proposed

" Chloroquine Is a Zinc Ionophore"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25271834

then it _is_ a tool to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 b/c it could also be used prophylactically. i.e., the virus can't replicate in the human cell if the cell already has adequate chloroquin + Zn++ present.