Luciana Borio in response to Donald Trump's statement on using the drug as treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), quoted in "Ignoring Expert Opinion, Trump Again Promotes Use of Hydroxychloroquine" (April 5, 2020) by Michael Crowley, Katie Thomas and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times.
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Hydroxychloroquine has been studied as a possible antiviral therapy for many decades. Despite showing evidence of activity against several viruses in the laboratory, it never showed success in randomized clinical trials.
— Lucian on Hydroxychloroquine
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About Lucian
Lucian of Samosata (c. 125 – c. 190) was a satirist and philosopher, born at Samosata in the Syrian province of the Roman Empire (now in Turkey), but in later life resident in Athens. His works are written in the Attic dialect of Greek.
About Lucian
Lucian of Samosata (c. 125 – c. 190) was a satirist and philosopher, born at Samosata in the Syrian province of the Roman Empire (now in Turkey), but in later life resident in Athens. His works are written in the Attic dialect of Greek.
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