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Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight coronavirus: Thai doctors

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Re: Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs appears to help fight coronavirus: Thai doctors

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It has nothing to do with the crap preprint. There are journal articles about HIV medication treating SARS-CoV from over a decade ago.

> It has nothing to do with the crap preprint. I am glad you are here to tell us exactly how it went down in Thailand. Those same papers were also available for the last month of treatments being attempted and yet we see this news from Thailand of 'recovery in 48 hours' about 48-72 hours following widespread sharing of that (crap) preprint. It may be coincidence, it may be serendipity. I don't think either of us know…

In the article they explain that the doctor increased only the dosage of one drug - Oseltamivir. That drug is better known as Tamiflu, which doesn’t relate to your conjecture about the Thai doctor’s state of mind.

I’m strongly inclined to believe the other commenters in this thread.

> “We have been following international practices, but the doctor increased the dosage of one of the drugs,” said Somsak Akkslim, director-general of the Medical Services Department, referring to the flu medicine Oseltamivir.

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