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It is important to remember we also do not have evidence of no efficacy for chocolate milk.

Yet we do not waste our time testing it.

Okay but there are actually good reasons to test hydroxychloroquine, as it is effective against viruses with relevant similarities to Covid-19. The same is not true for chocolate milk.

To address the elephant in the room: yes, Trump did come out in favor of hydroxychloroquine, but his opinion on medical issues is literally meaningless noise in both the informational and auditory senses of the phrase. We certainly shouldn't be pursuing hydroxychloroquine because Trump said to, but there are other good reasons to at least investigate it.

Exactly. One virus which is has been proven effective against in vitro is SARS-CoV. Which is probably why it is being tried against SARS-CoV-2. The two are similar, but with clinical differences (big surprise).

Its worth looking into it.

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