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Quote: "Interferon beta is commonly used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis."

Now here is my million dollar question. Is there any statistics/data available to view about COVID infections on those people who already receive Interferon beta for their sclerosis? Because that right there it would be the telling sign for this extraordinary claim.

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Its use in MS involves injecting it into the muscle, whereas this trial was using nebulisers to deliver it directly to the lungs so I don't think looking at MS patients would tell us anything useful.

But, as a general point, this is exactly the sort of question people should be asking about proposed treatments, as we've done recently for inhaled corticosteroids: https://twitter.com/OpenSafely/status/1277989037446438912

I guess Ben Goldacre would be the person to ask given this study from a few months back

https://twitter.com/bengoldacre/status/1259074178952683520

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