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Not a biologist, but "in vitro" isn't really that informative. Many things, including fire, are highly effective in stopping diseases in vitro.

• jvm___ 7y ago
  https://xkcd.com/1217/ https://xkcd.com/1217/
  • flukus 7y ago
    This is also the origin of the whole "alcohol kills brain cells" myth.
    • goldenkey 7y ago
      Not really a myth. Alcohol depletes vitamin B12, eventually causing Korsikoff syndrome aka "wet brain" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korsakoff_syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korsakoff_syndrome Korsakoff syndrome - Wikipedia
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• tim333 7y ago
  >Chloroquine is widely distributed in the whole body, including lung, after oral administration. Can't say that about fire.
  • ipsum2 7y ago
    You could say that about vodka though. It'll definitely kill the virus are in a petri dish, but maybe won't work as well in the body.
    • bangboombang 7y ago
      2 infected in Russia seems to confirm what you say. ;-)
    • tim333 7y ago
      But it probably won't kill the virus in the petri dish at the same concentrations found in the body. The chloroquine did.