Virus Colds and Flu

xoxoxoBruce · 06-28-2020, 07:52 PM

Searching for the truth, that is facts that confirm my gut feeling, is hard.
Easier to just go with what facebook and the guys at the bar tell me.

Trump has stumbled a couple times this year. Pointing it out is acceptable but this mocking/jeering that's going on right now will make his supporters double down rather than think.

Griff · 06-29-2020, 06:05 AM

They're going hard on Bacefook right now. I'm not doing well with conversation.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-29-2020, 11:39 PM

A company called Gilead has come up with a drug called remdesivir which has shown some effect on covid-19 in trials.
The price for 1st world governments, including the U.S. Indian Health Services and the VA, is $2,340 for a 5-day course.
U.S. insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid, will pay $3,120. 3rd world a lot less through licensed generics.
That’s not too bad for a cure.

But it’s not a cure.
A 10 day treatment reduced the median recovery from 15 to 11 days.
Mortality with remdesivir was 7.1%, compared to 11.9% with a placebo.
The article says that’s not statistically significant??

In the less sick patient trial, remdesivir patients improved more than placebo if given for 5 days, but not when given for 10. What?

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/...rice-covid-19/

06-28-2020, 07:52 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Searching for the truth, that is facts that confirm my gut feeling, is hard. Easier to just go with what facebook and the guys at the bar tell me. Trump has stumbled a couple times this year. Pointing it out is acceptable but this mocking/jeering that's going on right now will make his supporters double down rather than think. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-29-2020, 06:05 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	They're going hard on Bacefook right now. I'm not doing well with conversation. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-29-2020, 11:39 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A company called Gilead has come up with a drug called remdesivir which has shown some effect on covid-19 in trials. The price for 1st world governments, including the U.S. Indian Health Services and the VA, is $2,340 for a 5-day course. U.S. insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid, will pay $3,120. 3rd world a lot less through licensed generics. That’s not too bad for a cure. But it’s not a cure. A 10 day treatment reduced the median recovery from 15 to 11 days. Mortality with remdesivir was 7.1%, compared to 11.9% with a placebo. The article says that’s not statistically significant?? In the less sick patient trial, remdesivir patients improved more than placebo if given for 5 days, but not when given for 10. What? https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/...rice-covid-19/ __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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