“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.
I am glad that a couple of antivirals look promising, and when you need them, you need them.
But, unless I am mistaken, recovery with them leaves you still susceptible to the disease. If you recover with your own antibodies, you are subsequently immunized. I think this is not true with the antivirals.
Does anyone know if my understanding is correct? If the recovered are still susceptible, are they more at risk?