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For the 16 people out there that aren't sick of COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 information already, here is another BONUS MINISODE on just that topic! This time around we're covering treatments that scientists and doctors around the world are trying to use to fight COVID-19. We discuss the WHO's new clinical trial to gather some data on these treatments, talk about 5 of the treatments more specifically, and then go into debunking mode!

Useful links on the latest number of infected:

https://covidtracking.com/us-daily/

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

References:

• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/who-launches-global-megatrial-four-most-promising-coronavirus-treatments
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/health/coronavirus-drugs-remdesivir.html
• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gilead-sciences/gileads-potential-coronavirus-treatment-gets-fdas-orphan-drug-label-idUSKBN21A3PR
• https://www.jbc.org/content/early/2020/02/24/jbc.AC120.013056.full.pdf
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-020-0372-x
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354220301145?via%3Dihub
• http://www.mediterranee-infection.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hydroxychloroquine_final_DOI_IJAA.pdf
• https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bst/14/1/14_2020.01047/_pdf/-char/en
• http://www.zjujournals.com/med/CN/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9292.2020.03.03
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12662125
• https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2001282
• https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/investigational-new-drug-ind-or-device-exemption-ide-process-cber/investigational-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-emergency-inds
• https://www.jci.org/articles/view/138003
• https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-03-20/how-blood-from-people-who-survived-covid-19
• https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2213-2600%2820%2930116-8