I think the drug combinations are going to turn out to be as important as the single instances. One to bind to receptors. One to limit related infection risk. One to be an anti-pyretic.
This is how HIV was fought, with cocktails. Single drug treatment comes later.
Chloroquine is a powerful drug. It needs to be treated with respect. Yes it is cheap. it also has effects on the mind and we don't need a wave a psychosis to follow the corona-virus illnesses.
We've already weathered at least one wave of panic induced psychosis. From panic buyers, to Congress members using privileged information to blatantly sell stock just before the first crash.
Neither of those are examples of psychosis. Overreactions to unusual instability in our society? Sure, but hyperbolic comparisons like this muddy the waters around what psychosis is.
This is how HIV was fought, with cocktails. Single drug treatment comes later.
Chloroquine is a powerful drug. It needs to be treated with respect. Yes it is cheap. it also has effects on the mind and we don't need a wave a psychosis to follow the corona-virus illnesses.