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thewayneJoining the ranks of hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir showed no reduction in outcomes or ventilator rates in people infected with COVID-19. Which is too bad, it would be nice to have more effective drugs against this virus. But anti-viral medication is tricky stuff, and we've only been fighting this particular bastard for ten months.
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-remdesivir/who-study-says-remdesivir-did-not-reduce-mortality-in-covid-19-patients-ft-idINL4N2H63XG
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-remdesivir/who-study-says-remdesivir-did-not-reduce-mortality-in-covid-19-patients-ft-idINL4N2H63XG
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Date: 2020-10-16 07:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-10-16 07:51 pm (UTC)That's what happens sometimes when you try a drug intended for another disease for something else. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.