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NYC law guy/writer David Lat was discharged from NY hospital today after being critically ill with the virus. He’s now back tweeting after: “2 ER visits, 16 hospital nights (mostly in the ICU), 1 intubation, 6 days on a ventilator, tons of oxygen”.

Interesting the medicines they gave him. He says: “I was also given Kevzara, hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin, and Remdesivir. Which worked? Who knows!” Sounds like he also got clazakizumab and tocilizumab (Actemra) under “right-to-try” because he was not expected to live otherwise.

Kevzara is a new name in the medical war against covid19. It’s the drug sarilumab, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Whatever drug cocktail he got, it worked for David Lat in the end. He has asthma issues, which is why he figured the coronavirus hit him so hard.