Merged Covid Megathread
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Probably because people want the Trump cocktail. if I get it I’m checking in on day one and I’m like....give me what he had.
No reason that others shouldnt be able to get those treatments. They are pretty inexpensive except remdisivir. Not sure on the antibodies.
I did see a new study last night on a pretty good sample for a new antibody treatment called lensi something. Cut hospital stays in half and immediately improved o2 levels. Treatments and not vaccine are the way to go.
What is defined as inexpensive to you and how are drugs that suppress the immune system and have other possible side effects not worse?
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Old drugs are cheap, HCQ and many of the steroids are real cheap. Vitamins are even cheaper.
Remdisivir is expensive as you know it costs like $1,000 for a shot.
New Lensilumab study link... Apparently it helps disrupt the cytokene storm.
The time to clinical improvement was significantly shorter for lenzilumab-treated group compared to the untreated cohort: median 5 days vs. 11 days (P = .006).
The time to clinical improvement was significantly shorter for lenzilumab-treated group compared to the untreated cohort: median 5 days vs. 11 days (P = .006).
What is 'cheap' to you? Are you assuming people have insurance to cover these costs?
For some that actually use HCQ for proven methods of helping other diseases, it went up in price and became less available as people hoarded it.
Vitamins generally don't do much unless you're deficient. To find that out you have to get tests done to see if you're deficient. That's not cheap for many.
Cheap is anything that is reasonably priced. Anyone with a job should be able to afford it especially if they have insurance. Now if your one of the Americans that can't scrape more than $400 together, then ya I can't help you there. That's an economic problem not a health issue.
Or look at a ratio. The "cheap" drugs will be orders of magnitude less than what the hospital or ER, etc are going to charge. The expensive drugs will be enough for you to notice on the bill.
Or look at a ratio. The "cheap" drugs will be orders of magnitude less than what the hospital or ER, etc are going to charge. The expensive drugs will be enough for you to notice on the bill.
So do you think that it should just be common for someone to have a job but have $400 of disposable income at the ready?
I DO agree on that many people I know don't live based on needs and spend way over and aren't prepared for possible problems, but there's all kinds of folks where food itself is not easy.
From the NY Times updated story on testing, "Your coronavirus test is positive, maybe it shouldn't be"
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Biontech-Pfizer start process for rolling review of vaccine by European Medicines Agency potentially speeding up approval
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BioNTech, Pfizer start rolling EMA approval filing for COVID-19 vaccine
BioNTech and Pfizer have started a rolling submission of thei | BioNTech and Pfizer have started a rolling submission of their COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 to the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The news comes days after EMA named AstraZeneca's AZD1222 as the first COVID-19 vaccine to start the...
Per the WHO Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by end of the year
www.reuters.com
COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end, says WHO's Tedros
A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
As of today, 216,784 Americans have died of Coronavirus, in an epidemic that shows no signs of being brought under control. It appears inevitable that we will reach >300k dead, or one in every one thousand Americans having succumbed to this virus.
Currently the United States is the third worst country in the developed world in terms of how many people per-capita have died of Coronavirus: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Currently the United States is the third worst country in the developed world in terms of how many people per-capita have died of Coronavirus: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Death rates from 2017-2018 were around 730 per 100,000. That's about 2.2 million lives every year. Perspective is important.
UK and their National Health Service (NHS) planning on tens of thousands of vaccines given per day by Christmas
www.thesun.co.uk
NHS ready to roll out 1st covid jab next month with 1000s vaccinated before Xmas
THE NHS is gearing up for a major roll out of a Covid jab from next month – with five mass vaccination centres ready before Christmas. The giant sites – manned by trainee nurses, physios and parame…
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What is your point there? 300,000 would be about 13% of 2.2 million. Is your point that 13% of all deaths is substantial? Because I'd agree with that.
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