Imagine if they were this diligent in trying to find vaccines for HIV and some of these other viruses? Of course we all know that treatment is more lucrative than outright cures.
Possibly new vaccine can be ready by September this year
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My Name is of No Consequence
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Simon
Imagine if they were this diligent in trying to find vaccines for HIV and some of these other viruses? Of course we all know that treatment is more lucrative than outright cures.
This is Bernie level bullshittery - point a finger at some group and say "it's them, it's a [drumroll] CONSPIRACY!!"
People work hard to produce cures, some things just take a long, long, long time.
To imagine it's companies trying to profit when a breakthrough cure for a devastating illness would reap billions in revenue is pretty insane.
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supernerdboy
The best "cure" for HIV is not spreading it and waiting 35 years.... HIV gone. ;-) -
LV101
I read few yrs. ago there's only two (2) effective vaccines to date and one is for polio and the other small pox. Not too faith inspiring.
Clinical trials for vaccine are already in process so we can hope something flies and the sooner the better. Can't count on it and certainly need anti-viral drugs better than Remdesivir being 81% effective. Need meds that are prescribed on an out-patient basis short of people being vented/half dead. This is crazy - hospitals receiving huge payouts via Medicare if victims are ventilated and then - with any luck at all - one is prescribed a chemical. The political FDA has a greed problem (they're quite political) re/Hydroxychloroquine.
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smiddy3
Hydroxychloroquine
This drug has been touted by some as a potential breakthrough in combating Covid -19 including the President of America Donald Trump .
Are there anybody on this forum who is knoweldgeable enough with expertise in this area to make an informed opinion as to the effectiveness if any ,this drug has on the virus ?
I ask this in all sincerity.
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sir82
Are there anybody on this forum who is knoweldgeable enough with expertise in this area to make
an informed opinion as to the effectiveness if any ,this drug has on the virus ?I'm certainly no expert, but there's 2 new studies reported on in the JAMA and NEJM:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/health/hydroxychloroquine-doesnt-work-coronavirus/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link&utm_content=2020-05-18T02%3A01%3A06
A new study -- the largest of its kind -- shows that hydroxychloroquine, the drug touted by President Trump, does not work against Covid-19 and could cause heart problems.
The study was published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It follows a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine that also showed the drug doesn't fight the virus. -
Phizzy
The other hopeful new treatment may well come from the Llama/ Alpaca group of animals. They have been proven to develop Nano antibodies, tiny ones, that act against the Virus, and earlier iterations of it. This will probably have to be administered as a method of fighting against the disease, not a prophylactic, and I guess will involve the transfusion of Blood, so J.W's will die through lack of it.
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LV101
The anti-Trump people are negatively undermining HCL (Hydroxychloroquine) but couple of renown physicians (and many others) have prescribed it for years including cardiologist group and now for their COVID 19 patients with success - no heart problems at all nor monitoring of any type. The Veteran study was sloppy work and NY's clinical study not accurate/trustworthy. Physician at a TX nursing facility prescribed to all the elderly residents (many underlying health issues) and had excellent results - only lost one patient and it wasn't heart related. There's problems with the big pharm cos and low price of HCL not fitting their agenda. It's saving lives but with the war of the parties going on you would never know it. HCL has four properties that work against COVID 19 but needs to be administered early in the diagnostic phase of COVID 19 or given prophylactically. Workers at a NY hospital are taking it to prevent contacting the virus.
What a hot mess w/the political fear mongering as youtube continues to remove opposing views/facts from physicians and virologists. Follow the money/political corruption.
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TD
Imagine if they were this diligent in trying to find vaccines for HIV...
An HIV vaccine is a horse of a different color altogether (Because it is a retro virus that stores a copy of itself in your T cells themselves.)
At any rate Moderna has successfully tested a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19)
The first run was only on a few people. The next will be on a few hundred. If all goes well, we could have a vaccine by the first half of next year.
Press release:
News story: