I wonder about the purpose of publishing stories like that one and then remember it’s all about positioning and money. Click bait also comes to mind. As I recall there were so many qualifiers about the magic pill as to make the story useless except as click bait.
The best known protease inhibitors for Covid19 are Lopinavir and Ritonavir they failed a well done clinical trial for Covid19. Most approved protease inhibitors are used for AIDS.
"In patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, lopinavir–ritonavir was not associated with reductions in 28-day mortality, duration of hospital stay, or risk of progressing to invasive mechanical ventilation or death. These findings do not support the use of lopinavir–ritonavir for treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19."
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