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04-29-2020 05:58 PM
I just read on Huffpost that there is an drug proved to be an effective treatment for Covid. It's actually one that I've posted about before: remdesivir. The government is working to get it available as soon as possible.
"“What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert. “This will be the standard of care.”
"Stocks surged around the world on the news, with the Dow Jones Industrial average climbing more than 550 points, or over 2%, in the afternoon."
"Biotech company Gilead Sciences and the U.S. government reported that in a major study, remdesivir shortened the time it takes for COVID-19 patients to recover by four days on average —from 15 days to 11. Also, a trend toward fewer deaths was seen among those on the drug, Fauci said.
The study was run by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and involved 1,063 hospitalized coronavirus patients around the world."
04-29-2020 06:00 PM
I saw coverage of this on MSNBC this afternoon. Promising news indeed!
04-29-2020 06:05 PM
@suzyQ3 I saw that report a few hours ago. Read Fauci and the analysts . Seems the good news has 2 parts - one is that there was actually a decent sized test group with a placebo group whereas so many other clinicals weren't really useful - too few patients or no placebo group.
Nice to hear something good for a change. Hope it can save lives and make re-opening the economy successfully an easier task.
04-29-2020 06:05 PM
Indeed suzyQ3, I also read something similar that in Greece (my country) will admister the drug after FDA approves it in America.
04-29-2020 06:09 PM
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04-29-2020 06:18 PM
Listening to Dr. Gottlieb this morning, well maybe we can churn out 1M doses by this fall/winter.
We need 10's of millions doses available nationwide to be effective. His words.
No word on the expected cost per dose. Which I'm sure will be astronomical.
04-29-2020 06:22 PM
I did read about this drug several weeks ago. It's good they are finding more promising results from more patients.
04-29-2020 06:23 PM - edited 04-29-2020 11:04 PM
Good news, caution is sends me off to check who owns the company, patent, manufacturing...
*** Caution is NOT naysaying, it’s just Caution
-Thanks for posting-
04-29-2020 06:23 PM
I believe Dr. Fauci made his statement from the Oval Office.
i'll wait a bit and hope for the best.
04-29-2020 06:26 PM
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