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German virologist Drosten on the length of the live changing Covid-19 crisis (zeit.de)
4 points by mburger 2282 days ago
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> I see the antiviral drug remdesivir as the best option.

and

> I don't see any real alternatives. Neither the malaria drug chloroquine nor the HIV drugs ritonavir/lopinavir. Both have been the subject of clinical studies, but the results haven't been convincing.

Prof. Drosten doesn't share the optimism regarding chloroquine, that many on the Internet hold.

German-language transcript of the interview where Prof. Drosten elaborates on his assessment regarding the effectiveness of chloroquine:

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/coronaskript134.pdf