Posted on 04/25/2020 5:51:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Human trials for a tuberculosis vaccine thought to boost immune systems in the fight against coronavirus are underway in Australia but despite the promising outlook, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against using the vaccine outside of clinical settings.
WHO has released a statement reminding countries around the world that the Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) used to fight tuberculosis infection is not recommended for preventing coronavirus.
It acknowledged that while experimental trials had been conducted and two related to fighting coronavirus were underway, their relevance to the pandemic was still unknown.
"Two clinical trials addressing this question are underway, and WHO will evaluate the evidence when it is available," a WHO scientific briefing outlined on April 12.
"In the absence of evidence, WHO does not recommend BCG vaccination for the prevention of COVID-19. WHO continues to recommend neonatal BCG vaccination in countries or settings with a high incidence of tuberculosis."
One such trial, the BRACE trial, is happening in Australia and is being led by the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Human trials, which started on March 30, are being conducted among 4,000 healthcare workers across the country with 1,500 workers already being recruited.
The trial's lead researcher, Professor Nigel Curtis, told Gizmodo Australia it agreed with the WHO's statement urging countries not to use the vaccine outside of clinical trials.
"We strongly agree with the WHO that BCG in relation to protecting against COVID-19 should only be used in randomised clinical trials," Professor Curtis said in an email.
Back in March, Professor Curtis told reporters in a research briefing he had been approached by the WHO to see whether the vaccine, which had shown promising results against other diseases, might be useful in this situation.
(Excerpt) Read more at gizmodo.com.au ...
When there’s potential good news, WHO ya gonna call?
Why the WHO of course. Pouring water on decent ideas since
January 2020.
After the WHO told the world on Jan. 14 that the Wuhan virus was not transmissible human to human, why would anyone listen to them?
The WHO under that guy reminds me a bit of the puzzles about quizzing angels who always tell the truth and demons that always lie.
W.H.O = World ‘Health’ Organization = A wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese Communist Party - Bill Gates Inc. LLC.
I’m wondering, perhaps irresponsibly, perhaps not, if it might actually be as simple as immunize everyone with the BCG vaccine, give it two weeks, and the let er rip with phased in reopening of not-NewYork.
WHO?
Who the hell is still listening to WHO, this organization doesn’t want ANYTHING to work except Bill Gates vaccine!! NO THANKS!!
WHO will throw cold water on all potential vaccines until the miracle Chinese vaccine comes along.
Why would anything listen to anything these idiots ever say again?
One of the greatest things to come out of this pandemic fiasco is that the world health organization may once and for all be declared dead!!! and have lost all credibility !!!!
except to of course stupid liberals
If it’s not harmful by itself, and no human being knows how to prevent this virus, why on Earth shouldn’t we try it??????
In fact, the WHO and the Leftist press doesn’t seem to want us to try ANYTHING!
But then they have shown us too much of what they are of late and it looks murderous.
This is very confusing to me. Couldn't an immunologist tell if a TB Vaccine prevented individuals from getting COVID-19?
Agreed...
Heaven help us if China becomes the World’s hegemonic power.
Well, because it hat’s Western Ideology evidently.
Thinking this is fairly obvious but there appears to be a concerted effort to throw cold water on ANYTHING that might help fight this virus. Why?
That’s what you get when you put a 3rd worlder in charge of an agency that has the ability to destroy the West. We should leave the UN altogether. That organization has hated the West since its inception and has been led mostly by 3rd world citizens — all with axes to grind against the West.
AMEN! Woman!
It’s looking like everything cures the CCP Flu except the Gilead stuff.
Page 1 of 11 | EVMS Critical Care COVID-19 Management Protocol 04-20-2020 | evms.edu/covidcareEVMS
CRITICAL CARECOVID-19 MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL Developed and updated by Paul Marik, MDChief of Pulmonary and Critical Care MedicineEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VAApril 20th, 2020URGENT!
Please circulate as widely as possible. It is crucial that every pulmonologist, every critical care doctor and nurse, every hospital administrator, every public health official receive this information immediately.
This is our recommended approach to COVID-19 based on the best (and most recent) literature. We should not re-invent the wheel but learn from the experience of others.
This is a very dynamic situation; therefore, we will be updating the guideline as new information emerges. Please check on the EVMS website for updated versions of this protocol.
EVMS COVID website: https://www.evms.edu/covid-19/medical_information_resources/Short url: evms.edu/covidcare
“If what you are doing ain’t working, change what you are doing”Dr AB (NYC).
“We have zero success for patients who were intubated. Our thinking is changing to postpone intubation to as long as possible, to prevent mechanical injury from the ventilator. These patients tolerate arterial hypoxia surprisingly well. Natural course seems to be the best.”
From next page:
ProphylaxisWhile there is very limited data (and none specific for COVID-19), the following “cocktail” may have a role in the prevention/mitigation of COVID-19 disease. While there is no high level evidence that this cocktail is effective; it is cheap, safe and widely available.
•Vitamin C 500 mg BID
Quercetin 250-500 mg BID
•Zinc 75-100 mg/day (acetate, gluconate or picolinate). Zinc lozenges are preferred. After 1-2 months, reduce the dose to 30-50 mg/day.
•Melatonin (slow release): Begin with 0.3mg and increase as tolerated to 1-2 mg at night
•Vitamin D3 1000-4000 u/day (optimal dose unknown).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.