Washington patient with coronavirus ‘cured within days’ by experimental anti-viral drug…

Citizen Free Press/Fox News ^ | 2/9/2020

[spacejunkie2001]

Dr. George Diaz — About a week into his course he got worse developed pneumonia. At that point given the reports we had gotten out of China… At that point we elected to give him… the experimental Remdesivir, antiviral medication. And within 24 hours he improved significantly. This was quite encouraging and he improved and thereafter remained without fever and felt much better. Over the next few days he improved to where we thought he could be discharged at home under the care of the local health district.

Arthel Neville: And you said you used, I believe an experimental anti-viral medication, that you gave this patient. Can you apply this treatment to ALL people infected with the coronavirus or does it depend on the stage of their infection?

Dr. George Diaz: Yes, at this point the CDC has been working with the authorities in China and have recently opened a large clinical trial of Chinese patients looking at those with severe disease as well as those with mild to moderate disease. We are very much looking forward to the trials.

[DannyTN]

Good news.
How fast can they ramp production?

[gov_bean_ counter]

Bioweapon antidote. Somebody already had it in stock.

[Nifster]

What the hell is the local health district???

That isn’t even a term in the US. Who is this doctor.? Where in Washington? What hospital??

[steve86]

No, Gilead diverted it from extremely limited stores meant for experimental Ebola treatment. And this story is almost a week old, but still good news.

[steve86]

Providence Hospital in Everett, WA. Several regional news stories here in the last week.

[Right Wing Assault]

"It was developed by Gilead Sciences as a treatment for Ebola virus disease and Marburg virus infections, though it has subsequently also been found to show antiviral activity against more distantly related single stranded RNA viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus, Junin virus, Lassa fever virus, Nipah virus, Hendra virus, and coronaviruses (including MERS and SARS viruses)."

[null and void]

Good news! I note that the trials will be run in China, is that where it's made?

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Coronavirus: First US patient thanks hospital staff after successful treatment in WA state

Feb. 09, 2020 - 4:19 - A hospital in Washington state successfully treats first U.S. coronavirus case; Dr. George Diaz, Section Chief of Infectious Diseases at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, weighs in.

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6131002289001#sp=show-clips

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

We have local health districts in WA state.
They manage environmental issues, immunizations,senior services, homeless to name a few of their assigned tasks.

[reg45]

Cure developed by a capitalist, not a socialist. That’s the difference in healthcare.

[PGR88]

Here’s my take

Chinese researchers in China’s only BSL-4 lab, in Wuhan BTW, playing around with bat coronavirus, recombined with SARS protein allowing it to attack lung epithelial cells, in order to strike it rich with SARS vaccine

New 2019-nCoV (coronavirus) escapes their lab.

Winds up making US company rich.

[avital2]

there is also an anti-viral cocktail of 3 drugs - from Abbott, Abbvie and Hoffman LaRoche which has had success in Singapore, i believe.

[PIF]

A few days a week back the Chinese were trying to patent the vaccine, even though Gilead Sciences had already patented it. There was a fight and then all of a sudden trials - so something off camera happened

[ldish]

The Bill Gates and soros vaccine to the rescue for the Bill Gates virus...who woulda thought...right?

[momincombatboots]

Of course. Most especially if you produced it. Just like our annual flu breakout after vaccinations start. Handy money makers.

[MHGinTN]

LOL, they say karma is a bitch ...

[House Atreides]

“...we elected to give him… the experimental Remdesivir, antiviral medication. And within 24 hours he improved significantly....”
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When INITIALLY testing new drugs with few patients, we need to always remember that “CORRELATION DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY CAUSATION”.

[Valpal1]

Every county in the US is a public health district and has a Public Health Office that handles disease/epidemic outbreaks, vaccinations and reviews school records for same, they also are responsible for food service licensing and inspection, etc.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Bioweapon antidote. Somebody already had it in stock.

Daddy always taught me to keep my mouth shut and be thought a fool rather than open my mouth and remove all doubt. You might want to look up the development history of Remdesivir.