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This is not correct. Chloroquine was first suggested as a possible treatment by Chinese researchers in early February - well before there was even any attempt t
by dTal 6y ago
This is not correct. Chloroquine was first suggested as a possible treatment by Chinese researchers in early February - well before there was even any attempt to manage a pandemic in the west. Those of us who were paying attention at the time were watching it carefully (and in some cases even buying supplies of it in case it proved effective). When Trump jumped on it (trailing a social media storm by several days) we all collectively groaned at the inevitable politicization.
You surely didn't think that Trump picked a drug at random?
https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/how-wuhan-virologists-pegged-chloroquine-as-a-potential-covid-19-cure/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/how-wuhan-virologists-pegged...