#Molnupiravir invented at #Emory University before #COVID19 pandemic, shown promise against all sort of viruses - and #Trump administration is extremely interested to invest in the research of it. Trump HHS official #RobertKadlec urged #BARDA in Nov 2019 to invest millions into the "miracle cure". However #RickBright, the former BARDA director turn "#whistleblower" refused, claiming that the request is based on political connections and cronyism. Molnupiravir, licensed by Emory to #Ridgeback, was unable to get funding in April 2020 (at the height of the pandemic) is taken up by #Merck and privately funded. In the end, Molnupiravir is proven to be the ONLY pill administered #COVID19 drug that is showing tremendously promise in it's Phase 3 trial (reduce serious covid by at least 50%), and is currently seeking #FDA emergency-use authorization (#EUA) - which would likely herald the end of the #pandemic and return world back to normalcy. https://youtu.be/y05oC0eZ100

#RickBright, the former Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (#BARDA) director, turned "whistleblower" had a windfall after HHS had a settlement with him. However, looking back at his statements and actions - he underestimated Trump's abilities and capacities to organise the response to the pandemic and wrongly analyzed the #Trump's vaccine plans. He was vehement about HCQ not being effective as a cure for Covid19... However, recent studies had shown that HCQ + AZM could increase the survival rate of seriously ill covid19 patients that are under the ventilator assistance by 2.9 times, as powerful or even better than #Regeneron's REGEN-COV cocktail. #HCQ+#AZM+Zinc also proved to be an effective combination to reduce the chances of serious #covid19 significantly (14.5x for hospitalisation, 13x for death) #Hydroxychloroquine #Azithromycin https://youtu.be/ndf6fGzstHI