We kinda do now know that remdesivir and chloroquine are useless. The trials are only continuing in a futile waste of research bandwidth to convince the sort of

We kinda do now know that remdesivir and chloroquine are useless. The trials are only continuing in a futile waste of research bandwidth to convince the sort of people that considers a wall in the desert more useful than a post office... The rest is probably true, although maybe not as much now as in "normal" times? An intern with a clipboard and a quarter should currently be able to run a competent trial in NYC. I can't imagine approval being as difficult now as it usually is. Maybe there just aren't that many promising candidates? Maybe availability is a problem for more esoteric ideas? From what I'm understanding, there is a lot of experimentation of various levels of rigour (non-mortis) going on for changes in treatment protocols, such as timing, duration, and setting for ventilation, proning, fluid management, etc. For every debate the public engages in regarding on the pro and cons of bleach-drinking, the medical profession is engaging in twenty debates on the best management of potassium levels to protect liver functions in diabetic patients etc