“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide, totaling 89.4 million cases and 1.9 million deaths globally as of January 9, 2021.2 As a result of high-quality science, several vaccines efficacious against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been developed in record time and deployment started, offering hope for an end to the pandemic. However, given the limited availability and uptake of vaccines, the emergence of new, more infectious variant strains of the virus, and the potential for future seasonal outbreaks, the identification of therapies that can effectively improve prognosis in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 remains a critical area of research.