It occurs to me that chloroquine is still taken widely in malarial regions as a prophylaxis, even though malaria has developed resistance to it.
So if it worked to deter COVID19, we should be seeing very few cases in, say, Nigeria, where it’s a popular over-the-counter treatment even though it’s no longer recommended as first-line treatment, and in, say, the Dominican Republic, where malaria isn’t yet resistant and it’s still the best treatment.
Having had a look, it does seem to me that the malarial areas of the world are much less affected than malaria-free Europe and America, not sure what to read into that, how accurate their figures are, when the first cases were, how slowly we expect coronaviruses to spread in hot places, etc
A shame, since either not-spreading-there or going-like-wildfire would have given a pretty clear answer to the chloroquine question.
At the moment I’m guessing it’s weak evidence in favour of effectiveness.
It occurs to me that chloroquine is still taken widely in malarial regions as a prophylaxis, even though malaria has developed resistance to it.
So if it worked to deter COVID19, we should be seeing very few cases in, say, Nigeria, where it’s a popular over-the-counter treatment even though it’s no longer recommended as first-line treatment, and in, say, the Dominican Republic, where malaria isn’t yet resistant and it’s still the best treatment.
Having had a look, it does seem to me that the malarial areas of the world are much less affected than malaria-free Europe and America, not sure what to read into that, how accurate their figures are, when the first cases were, how slowly we expect coronaviruses to spread in hot places, etc
A shame, since either not-spreading-there or going-like-wildfire would have given a pretty clear answer to the chloroquine question.
At the moment I’m guessing it’s weak evidence in favour of effectiveness.