As the world's heath experts race to find treatments - and eventually, a cure -for the novel coronavirus, two drugs have jumped to the front of the conversation: chloroquine / hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir and there seems to be an ongoing battle to suppress Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), as a cheap and effective drug for the treatment of Covid-19 and prop up its main competitor Remdesivir.
Is this justified? Is HCQ even dangerous? Is Remdesivir a better alternative?
