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> With early detection, we can get the best known treatments

From WHO: What is the treatment for the coronavirus disease? No pharmaceutical products have yet been shown to be safe and effective for the treatment of COVID-19.

What is the author referring to?

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The best known treatment at the time the infection is detected. That can be as basic as rest and hydration, but hopefully we'll have something better down the line.

Assuming he's speaking in the more general sense, but who knows? he's an engineer and not an epidemiologist or a doctor.

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