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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.

>Chloroquine is widely distributed in the whole body, including lung, after oral administration.

Can't say that about fire.

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.

2 infected in Russia seems to confirm what you say. ;-)

But it probably won't kill the virus in the petri dish at the same concentrations found in the body. The chloroquine did.

This is also the origin of the whole "alcohol kills brain cells" myth.

Not really a myth. Alcohol depletes vitamin B12, eventually causing Korsikoff syndrome aka "wet brain"