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    Some good news on the Chinese Coronavirus Front.

    BREAKING: Scientists Make ‘Major Breakthrough’ In Coronavirus Treatment, Discover ‘First Drug To Be Shown To Improve Survival’ Chances For Disease | The Daily Wire

    Scientists have discovered the first drug that has reportedly been clinically proven to reduce death rates in patients that have severe cases of the coronavirus.

    “Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection,” Reuters reported. “The results, described as a ‘major breakthrough’ by scientists leading the UK-led clinical trial known as RECOVERY, suggest the drug should immediately become standard care in patients treated in hospital with the pandemic disease.”

    Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and one of the chief investigators for the trial, said: “Dexamethasone is the first drug to be shown to improve survival in COVID-19. This is an extremely welcome result. The survival benefit is clear and large in those patients who are sick enough to require oxygen treatment, so dexamethasone should now become standard of care in these patients. Dexamethasone is inexpensive, on the shelf, and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrohnB View Post
    Some good news on the Chinese Coronavirus Front.

    BREAKING: Scientists Make ‘Major Breakthrough’ In Coronavirus Treatment, Discover ‘First Drug To Be Shown To Improve Survival’ Chances For Disease | The Daily Wire

    Scientists have discovered the first drug that has reportedly been clinically proven to reduce death rates in patients that have severe cases of the coronavirus.

    “Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection,” Reuters reported. “The results, described as a ‘major breakthrough’ by scientists leading the UK-led clinical trial known as RECOVERY, suggest the drug should immediately become standard care in patients treated in hospital with the pandemic disease.”

    Peter Horby, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and one of the chief investigators for the trial, said: “Dexamethasone is the first drug to be shown to improve survival in COVID-19. This is an extremely welcome result. The survival benefit is clear and large in those patients who are sick enough to require oxygen treatment, so dexamethasone should now become standard of care in these patients. Dexamethasone is inexpensive, on the shelf, and can be used immediately to save lives worldwide.”
    ...just like I took prednisone when I had bronchitis!!! ...SMDH!!!Latest on the Corona Virus

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    I hate to be cynical but I wonder if big pharma is, instead of looking for a cure, is looking for a treatment so they can treat this virus forever instead of curing it once.

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    Quote Originally Posted by copier addict View Post
    I hate to be cynical but I wonder if big pharma is, instead of looking for a cure, is looking for a treatment so they can treat this virus forever instead of curing it once.
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    Quote Originally Posted by copier addict View Post
    I hate to be cynical but I wonder if big pharma is, instead of looking for a cure, is looking for a treatment so they can treat this virus forever instead of curing it once.
    That is what they have done with HIV. It goes with the old saying "Who wants to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?" But then how would you test a vaccine for HIV? Inject someone with the vaccine, what a reasonable time for it to be effective and then inject them with the live virus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slimslob View Post
    That is what they have done with HIV. It goes with the old saying "Who wants to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?" But then how would you test a vaccine for HIV? Inject someone with the vaccine, what a reasonable time for it to be effective and then inject them with the live virus.
    Who wants to volunteer for that? Lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by copier addict View Post
    Who wants to volunteer for that? Lol
    The only ones I can think of would be those on death row in prisons who have exhausted all other appeals. But then again capital punishment is rapidly disappearing.

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    Read something yesterday about an android update that includes the covid tracking framework not the app itself as you can see from the screenshot, and sure enough its installed on my phone.
    Mine is a Samsung S9 see if you have it in settings search for covid

    Dont know how you find it in apple phones



    All a bit late really considering the non essential shops opened last Monday and the UK's NHS tracking app is still not ready for use.
    When you think you have made a procedure idiot proof your company employs a better idiot.

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    nothing on my galaxy S8

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    Quote Originally Posted by 20 year tech View Post
    nothing on my galaxy S8
    Really? my four year old S7 has got it in settings/google/covid19 notifications
    When you think you have made a procedure idiot proof your company employs a better idiot.

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