Posted on 04/18/2020 9:07:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
An experimental drug called remdesivir “significantly reduced” the CCP virus in monkeys, according to a study released on Friday.
The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, a novel coronavirus that emerged from mainland China last year, causes the disease COVID-19. Fears of the spread of the virus has forced the United States into a near-total lockdown, though some states this week announced plans to start reopening soon.
Remdesivir significantly reduced both clinical disease and damage to the lungs of rhesus macaques infected with the CCP virus, according to scientists of the National Institutes of Health.
The study was not peer reviewed and shouldn’t be considered clinical advice, the government agency stressed, “but are being shared to assist the public health response to COVID-19.”
“These data support early remdesivir treatment initiation in COVID-19 patients to prevent progression to severe pneumonia,” the researchers wrote. A researcher with Gilead Sciences, which produces remdesivir, collaborated on the study.
Researchers took two groups of the monkeys, giving one group remdesivir and the other group nothing. Both groups were infected with the virus. Twelve hours later, the treatment group received a dose of remdesivir intravenously before getting a booster dose every day for the next six days.
Just 12 hours after the initial treatment, scientists found the six treated animals in significantly better health than the untreated group. Only one of the six had difficulty breathing, while all six of the untreated monkeys struggled to breathe. That trend continued throughout the study.
Researchers also found the amount of virus found in the lungs was significantly lower in the treatment group versus the six that were not treated and that the virus caused less damage in the lungs in the treated animals.
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It appears that remdesivir is the real deal.
The fact that it improved survival in ventilated patients who were deteriorating speaks against the inflammation hypothesis of end stage disease.
Maybe it IS all (or mostly) the virus after all.
“Motives or not, if they present the actual documents, then they are liars?”
You mean like the “documents” that Dan Rather presented about Bush military service? I take it you believed that too because “documents”.
I’m not saying that what ET printed is not true, just saying that they have motives that may influence what they decide to print about their enemy China, it’s wise to be aware of that possibility and to not buy their stories unchecked just because you so badly want to believe it.
Our side is not immune to propagandizing.
“Dan Rather”
Now WTF does that have to do with anything?
That all you got?
Comparing Dan Rather to a well investigated piece.
I dont give a rats ass what you “think.” Maybe you can explain why Trump has initiated an investigation into that lab.
There are a few on this site who need to be questioned where their loyalties are. Might be that you are one of those?
“There are a few on this site who need to be questioned where their loyalties are. Might be that you are one of those?”
Damn! You found me out.
BTW, good job on the rest of your research.
Remdesivir was used against the Ebola Virus. RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is inhibited by Remdesivir so that it can’t be used to replicate more COVID-19 viruses in the cell.
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