Can a malaria drug prevent someone from developing Covid-19?

A common drug for treating malaria has shown conflicting results in recent studies, but a group of researchers wanted to see if this drug could possibly be used to stop people from developing Covid-19 after exposure to an infected person.

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What makes people believe their emotions instead of science or statistics?

While scientific evidence (with statistics!) can be very persuasive, we’ve all been in a situation where someone disagreed with scientific evidence because their friend’s cousin had a different experience. This person’s story or anecdote shouldn’t be more persuasive than statistics, but it often is, and a group of scientists wanted to figure out why this might be the case.

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