සිංහල ලිත් ඉලක්කම්
This article is from Science News (26 March 2020) published by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. You can make a decision as to where insanity is. Remember Sajith and
Plaquenil.
‘This is insane!’ Many scientists lament Trump’s embrace of risky
malaria drugs for coronavirus
By Charles PillerMar. 26, 2020 , 11:30 AM
When President Donald Trump recently touted the common malaria treatments hydroxychloroquine
and chloroquine as potential remedies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), he ignited
unprecedented demand for the drugs—and set scientists’ teeth on edge. Although the World Health
Organization (WHO) agrees the compounds are worth testing more fully on the pandemic
coronavirus, few drug or infectious disease experts—not even the president’s own advisers—share
his optimism that the drugs could become “one of the biggest game changers in the history of
medicine,” as he tweeted. And many are critical of the small French clinical study of just 42 patients
that seems to have touched off most of the excitement.