COVID-19 >> New Drug Activity & VACCINE TRACKING!!

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https://www.foxnews.com/science/experimental-coronavirus-drug-remdesivir-chicago-trial-shows-promise">Formal Chicago testing of  remdesivir



The experimental COVID-19 treatment remdesivir is showing promise in a Chicago clinical trial, according to the health news site STAT.



STAT reported that patients in the trial experienced rapid recoveries from fever and respiratory symptoms. Nearly all patients were discharged in less than a week, it said.



Some 125 people with COVID-19 -- 113 with severe symptoms -- were recruited by the University of Chicago Medicine into the two Gilead Phase 3 clinical trials



The totality of the data need to be analyzed in order to draw any conclusions from the trial. Anecdotal reports, while encouraging, do not provide the statistical power necessary to determine the safety and efficacy profile of remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19. We expect the data from our Phase 3 study in patients with severe COVID-19 infection to be available at the end of this month, and additional data from other studies to become available in May.

[Anonymous]

https://www.foxnews.com/science/experimental-coronavirus-drug-remdesivir-chicago-trial-shows-promise">Formal Chicago testing of  remdesivir



The experimental COVID-19 treatment remdesivir is showing promise in a Chicago clinical trial, according to the health news site STAT.



STAT reported that patients in the trial experienced rapid recoveries from fever and respiratory symptoms. Nearly all patients were discharged in less than a week, it said.



Some 125 people with COVID-19 -- 113 with severe symptoms -- were recruited by the University of Chicago Medicine into the two Gilead Phase 3 clinical trials



The totality of the data need to be analyzed in order to draw any conclusions from the trial. Anecdotal reports, while encouraging, do not provide the statistical power necessary to determine the safety and efficacy profile of remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19. We expect the data from our Phase 3 study in patients with severe COVID-19 infection to be available at the end of this month, and additional data from other studies to become available in May.

Is it used for anything else? Hydroxychloroquine has been around a long time, so we know of any side effects from long term use.

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not sure .. when I get time I'll check

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Remdesivir was developed by Gilead Sciences as a treatment for Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus infections



Remdesivir is an investigational antiviral compound undergoing clinical trials in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom as a potential treatment for COVID-19.



Remdesivir is not yet licensed or approved anywhere globally and has not been demonstrated to be safe or effective for any use.

Remdesivir has demonstrated in vitro and in vivo activity in animal models against the viral pathogens that cause MERS and SARS, which are coronaviruses structurally similar to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

[Blazor]

People need to keep in mind, the list is "possible relief .. may help"



I'm not sayin it can't work .. just sayin it's a maybe for everyone on any given item

Totally agree  

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UK scientists start mass producing vaccines while trials are still under way



Oxford University researchers say the world can't afford to wait for vaccines to go through trials before production starts.



British scientists have said they hope to have one million doses of a coronavirus vaccine ready to be deployed by September.



The team at Oxford University will start the first UK study of an experimental vaccine against COVID-19 next week.



so great is the need, and so high their confidence that it will work, that they will start large-scale production before the trials are even complete.



Professor Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University's Jenner Institute, said the world could not afford to wait for vaccines to be proven to be safe and effective in trials that would involve months of delay before production starts.



He told Sky News: "While those trials are going on we have to start manufacturing, manufacturing at risk because if the vaccine fails nobody will want the doses.



"But the hope is to have about a million doses by September ready for deployment.



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[Anonymous]

UK scientists start mass producing vaccines while trials are still under way



Oxford University researchers say the world can't afford to wait for vaccines to go through trials before production starts.



British scientists have said they hope to have one million doses of a coronavirus vaccine ready to be deployed by September.



The team at Oxford University will start the first UK study of an experimental vaccine against COVID-19 next week.



so great is the need, and so high their confidence that it will work, that they will start large-scale production before the trials are even complete.



Professor Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University's Jenner Institute, said the world could not afford to wait for vaccines to be proven to be safe and effective in trials that would involve months of delay before production starts.



He told Sky News: "While those trials are going on we have to start manufacturing, manufacturing at risk because if the vaccine fails nobody will want the doses.



"But the hope is to have about a million doses by September ready for deployment.

Right in time for the next round of flu season.

[Vancouver]

Europe is starting to open up schools and businesses.....these are some of the measures they've taken.

Dr.Oz says kids going back to school will only cost 2 - 3% in terms of mortality.  

[Anonymous]

Europe is starting to open up schools and businesses.....these are some of the measures they've taken.

Dr.Oz says kids going back to school will only cost 2 - 3% in terms of mortality.  

[Vancouver]

Fashionista in the Province of Alberta 71% of covid-19 cases are in your city of Calgary.



Alberta has 165 new cases of COVID-19, reaching a total of 2,562, the province confirmed in a news release on Saturday.

Of those, nearly half are recovered and over 71 per cent of the total cases have been reported in the Calgary zone.



There are 1,162 recoveries, meaning there are currently 1,349 active COVID-19 cases in Alberta.



An additional Albertan has died, a woman in her 90s in the Calgary zone, bringing the province's death toll to 51. The woman was not in a care centre, according to the province.



So far, there have been 35 deaths in the Calgary zone, eight in the Edmonton zone, seven in the North zone and one in the Central zone.



1,820 cases in the Calgary zone

433 cases in the Edmonton zone

137 cases in the North zone

76 cases in the Central zone

77 cases in the South zone

19 cases in zones yet to be confirmed



You have more cases in your city than our Province.

[Anonymous]

Fashionista in the Province of Alberta 71% of covid-19 cases are in your city of Calgary.



Alberta has 165 new cases of COVID-19, reaching a total of 2,562, the province confirmed in a news release on Saturday.

Of those, nearly half are recovered and over 71 per cent of the total cases have been reported in the Calgary zone.



There are 1,162 recoveries, meaning there are currently 1,349 active COVID-19 cases in Alberta.



An additional Albertan has died, a woman in her 90s in the Calgary zone, bringing the province's death toll to 51. The woman was not in a care centre, according to the province.



So far, there have been 35 deaths in the Calgary zone, eight in the Edmonton zone, seven in the North zone and one in the Central zone.



1,820 cases in the Calgary zone

433 cases in the Edmonton zone

137 cases in the North zone

76 cases in the Central zone

77 cases in the South zone

19 cases in zones yet to be confirmed



You have more cases in your city than our Province.

Oh, I know TVG..



Quebec has twice as many cases as Ontario despite having a lower population..



One thing I read though, Alberta has tested more people per capita than any other jurisdiction in North America.

[Vancouver]

Police agreed with the family that only 50 people will attend the funeral but tens of thousands of people showed up. Violating the lockdown.

Tens of thousands of people defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh on Saturday to attend the funeral of a top Islamic preacher, even as authorities battle a surge in virus cases.



Police had agreed with the family of Jubayer Ahmad Ansari, that only 50 people would attend the funeral in the eastern town of Sarail because of the risk of spreading the disease.



But local police chief Shahadat Hossain said officers were helpless to stop the crowds who came to honour the 55-year-old popular preacher and seminary head, who died on Friday.



"People came in waves," he told AFP.



Organisers said some 100,000 attended the funeral. Aide to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Shah Ali Farhad, also said more than 100,000 were present.



Bangladesh imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 26 as coronavirus spread across the country of 168 million people.



The health department said the number of cases had risen by more than 300 on Saturday to about 2,200, while nine more deaths in one day took the toll to 84.



Authorities have conducted few tests and experts say the number of cases is higher than officially recognised.

[Vancouver]

T&T supermarket here going above and beyond for the safety of customers and employees. Those who are not in compliance can GTFO.

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[caskur]

T&T supermarket here going above and beyond for the safety of customers and employees. Those who are not in compliance can GTFO.

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too bad they aren't doing that here at the supermarkets.

[caskur]

Europe is starting to open up schools and businesses.....these are some of the measures they've taken.

Dr.Oz says kids going back to school will only cost 2 - 3% in terms of mortality.