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By Josh Bloom — July 27, 2022 This is some potentially exciting news coming from China - a Covid drug called Azvudine (originally an HIV drug) that appears to be quite effective in reducing symptoms from the infection. Two problems: 1) The information comes from Chinese newspapers, not journals; 2) the science doesn't add up. HIV Antiretroviral Drugs. Photo Credit: Wikipedia An article in The People's Daily Online, China's largest newspaper, reports that Azvudine (aka FNC), a reverse transcriptase inhibitor (1) – is being approved as an inexpensive treatment for COVID-19. The paper reports a dramatic improvement in patients who...
