Opinion: Cancer research offers faster ways to ID new Covid-19 treatments
As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds across the globe, physicians are scrambling for treatments that can effectively treat patients sickened by this novel coronavirus. The antiviral remdesivir has gained some traction, as has the anti-malarial medicine hydroxychloroquine, a drug touted by President Trump as a “game changer,” despite scant evidence of its effectiveness, while others, such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, have sounded an alarm on it.
Reckless use of a drug can cause devastating side effects, including death, while the unchecked virus, or an unbridled immune response to it, can also be deadly by causing the body’s organs to shut down.
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