Colloquium

Inspiration

Stack Exchange for the development of Vaccines,Treatments & Research for Covid-19.

I found a lot of fake news spreading around the internet regarding effective treatments for the novel Coronavirus which causes the disease Covid -19 , especially this post :

Wired article

Which is extremely misleading and false, when I shared it with my friends who are qualified doctors , they instantly refuted it due to Chloroquine being effective against parasites ( malaria is caused by a Plasmodium parasites specifically P. falciparum and P. vivax ) and not against viruses ( SARS-CoV-2 in the case of Covid-19 ).

This may be a dangerous trend and there is no way to refute such posts or such research that is being present due to the current circumstances.

The above article was based on the below authentic research:

Great courageous research

The research tried to justify the theory , but the recommendation from medical professionals in my network was that ofloaxcin may be a better alternative as the infection starts off in the lungs and azithromycin may be a better soltuion after studying the above paper.

These types of insights are priceless and may open doors to cures, solutions and treatment techniques.

What it does

We need a single place to find this research , verify it , rate it and validate it by medical professionals.

Colloquium will follow the model of stackexchange.com , which has been very successful in solving the difficult challenges of the internet so far .

We will have moderators who are qualified doctors , and medical professional who shall make recommendations and review items.

Ratings systems and verification scores.

Stack exchange can be used as a basis of reference.

How I built it

I've put up a copy of discourse on an AWS EC2 instance for now , and will start configuring it to suit my needs.

What I learned

**Philosophical learning : The world is highly fragile and the right information at the right time is many a times the difference between life and death.

**Technical learning : I've learnt how to configure a forum on AWS , using EC2 instances , and configuring my website to