[UnwashedPeasant]

"Italian coronavirus patient recovers after treatment with antiviral drug remdesivir"

Don't most people recover without the drug? This does not seem extraordinary.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I think they mean the first seriously ill patients (hospitalized, ventilator, etc.)

[LouieFisk]

“Don’t most people recover without the drug? This does not seem extraordinary.”
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Many illnesses are that way, but since there is treatment to help with recovery (and free up beds sooner), why not?

Also this is a man in his late 70s recovering - that alone is something, considering cv19 kills so many that age.

[House Atreides]

“Italian coronavirus patient recovers after treatment with antiviral drug remdesivir”
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Don’t most people recover without the drug? This does not seem extraordinary.
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Yes, but many don’t ....particularly the 79 year olds like this Italian patient. We need more Coronavirus patients to be treated to see what the statistical results are. Remdesivir has now been approved to be used under the “compassionate use” program.