The earliest paper I could find on Remdesivir or chloroquine as possible Covid-19 drugs was from a Jan 25 letter to "Cell Research": https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0.pdf

These">https://www.nature.com/articles/... tests were "in vitro." i.e. Done in test tubes & petri dishes, not people. A proper test in people takes months. 1/n

As of January 2020, Gilead was not even manufacturing remdesivir. They were hoping to make 140,000 doses by the end of May 2020. It would take them all year to make 1 million treatment courses.

https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19/working-to-supply-remdesivir-for-covid-19

(2/n)">https://www.gilead.com/purpose/a...

I had never heard of remdesivir or hydroxychloroquine before Covid-19. But here& #39;s an old overview from the CDC website about hydroxychloroquine.

https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/resources/pdf/fsp/drugs/hydroxychloroquine.pdf

(3/n)">https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/r...

I went down this rabbit hole because I haven& #39;t been able to avoid the online argument surrounding this. (Who has?)

I& #39;m now trying to find other primary sources on other drugs that are being tested or offered up under compassionate use for Covid-19.

(4/n)

If I find any interesting preprints, I& #39;ll be sure to append the link to this thread.

Be safe, everyone... (5/n)