The Wizard
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- Jul 2, 2009
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79 NHS England deaths, down from 129 last Tuesday. Whilst we must always remember these are people and not numbers, its another big drop.
Well also you'd hope it just helps continue to refine, narrow down the search and point scientists in the right direction in terms of what other drugs could help, and in the process of producing new drugs to tackle COVID.
I believe that the expectation is no single drug will solve this, but a combination of drugs, this improvement, with the anti-clotting drug plus others will hopefully improve survival rates significantly.
The maths behind the findings on that drug:
Ventilated patients
With no drug: 40% of ventilated patients unfortunately die
With this drug: 28% of ventilated patients die
It may not sound a lot but a reduction on mortality by 12%, saving an extra person from every 8 cases is a big breakthrough, considering there has been no drug so far that has been proven to have any effect at all, it’s not a miracle drug but a big finding all the same and could open the door to using it with other drugs to help even further.
79 NHS England deaths, down from 129 last Tuesday. Whilst we must always remember these are people and not numbers, its another big drop.
79 NHS England deaths, down from 129 last Tuesday. Whilst we must always remember these are people and not numbers, its another big drop.
I'm confused, the BBC reporting 233 deaths
I'm confused, the BBC reporting 233 deaths
I'm confused, the BBC reporting 233 deaths
I'm confused, the BBC reporting 233 deaths
The maths behind the findings on that drug:
Ventilated patients
With no drug: 40% of ventilated patients unfortunately die
With this drug: 28% of ventilated patients die
It may not sound a lot but a reduction on mortality by 12%, saving an extra person from every 8 cases is a big breakthrough, considering there has been no drug so far that has been proven to have any effect at all, it’s not a miracle drug but a big finding all the same and could open the door to using it with other drugs to help even further.
The trial shows that Dexamethasone reduces mortality in cases which are already serious. One of the most important things about this is how readily available it is and how well known its effects are which means that it can be used internationally right away. I take 40mg of this drug a week as part of my cancer treatment.
Italy has been reporting less than 100 daily deaths every day in June. Now the figures are further improving, consistently below 50. 44, 26 and 34 in the last three days (Italy is one of the few countries that doesn't seem to have any "weekend effect" in their reports). 202 new positive cases today which is only 0.4% of the total tests. Also, only 177 patients still in ICU's. It was 4100 at the peak.
I have always had a soft spot for Italy and it's fantastic to see their encouraging progress.
Agreed, Boris Johnson & Patrick Vallance just said this during the press conference, it’s a very cheap drug has been around since 1957 and isn’t limited by only being able to be produced in certain countries due to copyrights and other deals which is great news.
On another note, best wishes with your cancer treatment mate.