COVID-19 >>"True and Helpful" Covid Information Thread

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Next day WHO  advised against using Gilead's remdesivir in patients hospitalized with coronavirus, weeks after the drug was shown to have "little or no effect" during the agency's multicountry Solidarity Trial.  .. wtf ever "solidarity" means in that context



NIH had done 2 trials, both indicating great help to the patient



Oh, and T supported it    

That explains why the WHO advised against it.

Slobbering progs are evil ... pure unadulterated evil



The NIH has no political agenda

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I added the following after your reply



Next day WHO  advised against using Gilead's remdesivir in patients hospitalized with coronavirus, weeks after the drug was shown to have "little or no effect" during the agency's multicountry Solidarity Trial.  .. wtf ever "solidarity" means in that context



NIH had done 2 trials, both indicating great help to the patient



Oh, and T supported it    

That explains why the WHO advised against it.

Slobbering progs are evil ... pure unadulterated evil



The NIH has no political agenda

I take any advisory from the UN with a shipping container full of salt.

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Coronavirus drug combo, baricitinib plus remdesivir, gets FDA emergency approval



The combo, rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib plus Gilead's remdesivir, was authorized to treat hospitalized patients 2 years or older requiring oxygen. The FDA said the drugs cut patients' time to recovery in a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored trial dubbed the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial

Other countries have significantly lowered the number of those infected getting really sick with existing treatments. Health Canada has been a laggard approving treatments.

You're recovered from the coronavirus, correct?

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Dang .. This is crazy



US = 201,083 new cases today



Week Saturday  to Friday (today) almost steady daily  rise  of 41,000 + over past week alone.



201,083 Friday (today)

192,186

173,632

157,261

162,516

138,249

159,165  Last Saturday

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Dang .. This is crazy



US = 201,083 new cases today



Week Saturday  to Friday (today) almost steady daily  rise  of 41,000 + over past week alone.



201,083 Friday (today)

192,186

173,632

157,261

162,516

138,249

159,165  Last Saturday

Most states are going back into lock down. Unemployment insurance claims are rising.

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Alberta broke its record of new COVID-19 cases as the province logged 1,336 infections yesterday.

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Senator Loeffler in the Georgia race  tested + for virus yesterday - Today negative



It's shocking that we still don't have reliable tests ... and especially for that high level a person who have access to the "best"



Ya think a Demoncrat hacked  yesterday's  test device?  

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Saskatchewan broke a record yesterday with 439 new cases.

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Alberta broke its record of new COVID-19 cases as the province logged 1,336 infections yesterday.

Wow - 4th straight day of new record cases - 1,584 today

They have started full weekend reports



We rarely get any weekend reporting

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Alberta broke its record of new COVID-19 cases as the province logged 1,336 infections yesterday.

Wow - 4th straight day of new record cases - 1,584 today

They have started full weekend reports



We rarely get any weekend reporting

I'm at the point now, that a short lock down is necessary to buy us a little time.

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Another win in a long series



https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/coronavirus/2020/11/22/1_5199999.html">Health Canada grants emergency-use authorization to Eli Lilly's COVID-19 antibody treatment



TORONTO -- Health Canada has authorized Eli Lilly and Co's monoclonal antibody therapy for emergency use in helping treat COVID-19 infections.



According to a press release issued Friday, the single antibody treatment called bamlanivimab has been approved for use in adults and children aged 12 or older with mild to moderate coronavirus infections.



Lilly says the treatment is for those who risk progressing to severe COVID-19 symptoms or hospitalization. It is not authorized for patients who are already hospitalized or require oxygen.



"This authorization in Canada furthers our goal of making bamlanivimab available to patients who need it around the world and is evidence of the strong collaboration between industry and governments to get COVID-19 medicines to people as quickly as possible," Lilly chairman and CEO David A. Ricks said in the release.



Bamlanivimab is the first monoclonal antibody to be authorized for use in treating coronavirus and was granted emergency-use by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. at the beginning of November.



The treatment is a recombinant, neutralizing human IgG1 monoclonal antibody that is directed against the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. According to the release, bamlanivimab is designed to block viral attachment and entry into human cells, thus neutralizing the virus and potentially treating COVID-19.



The antibody therapy, which must be infused in a hospital or other health-care setting, was developed in partnership with the Canadian biotech company AbCellera.



"As a Canadian company, we are proud to contribute to the global fight against COVID-19 and hope our efforts will help people in Canada and around the world in the face of this medical emergency," AbCellera CEO Carl Hansen said in the release.



"We applaud Lilly for bringing bamlanivimab to patients at record speed and its commitment to ensure treatment access for patients with high unmet needs, no matter where they live."



Lilly scientists developed the antibody in less than three months after it was discovered by AbCellera in a blood sample taken from one of the first U.S. patients who recovered from the virus.



Authorization by Health Canada was based on a Phase 1 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in October. The study found that the treatment seemed to lower the risk of hospitalization and ease some symptoms in a small number of patients with mild to moderate cases of COVID-19.



The company says a Phase 2 trial of bamlanivimab in COVID-19 patients in the ambulatory setting and a Phase 3 study looking at the prevention of COVID-19 in residents and staff at long-term care facilities is ongoing.





While CBC would never say so, I'm guessin this like the  one T financed early and the one he used .. Regeneron



I'm also guessin that wording means it's being tested for hospital patients

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Is that the same treatment president Trump approved two or three months ago?

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My initial reaction too. I've tried to trace that to see - At first I thought it was, but seems Regeneron is a separate company



And this one has a lot of Canadian input given to Lilly



I really hope they will soon OK it for hospital patients

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My initial reaction too. I've tried to trace that to see - At first I thought it was, but seems Regeneron is a separate company



And this one has a lot of Canadian input given to Lilly



I really hope they will soon OK it for hospital patients

I hope so too..



The way it's going in this province, I believe it's a matter of when, not if I catch the virus.

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BEIJING -- Chinese authorities are testing millions of people, imposing lockdowns and shutting down schools after multiple locally transmitted coronavirus cases were discovered in three cities across the country last week.



As temperatures drop, widescale measures are being enacted in Tianjin, Shanghai and Manzhouli, even though the number of new cases remains low compared to the United States and other countries that are seeing new waves of infections.



Experts and government officials have warned that the chance of the virus spreading will be greater in cold weather. Recent flareups have shown that there is still a risk of the virus returning, despite being largely controlled within China

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