Majority of first-wave COVID-19 clinical trials have significant design shortcomings, study finds

[DavidDvorkin]

Most of the registered clinical trials of potential treatments for COVID-19 underway as of late March were designed in ways that will greatly limit their value in understanding potential treatments, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/jhub-mof060920.php

[FarPoint]

1. Short story is....

Basically, a failure...see, there has never been a vaccine developed for any human acquired coronavirus with lethality...EVER. This will take a long time...if we are lucky.

[Quixote1818]

2. Did I miss something? I didn't see it mention vaccines anywhere. Seems to be talking about

treatments for people who have the virus. If I am wrong can you point out what I missed?

[FarPoint]

3. Correct... but I believe

Vaccine is in the collection of treatment options we strive for...I so often hear... vaccine coming by end of year . So, I gravitate towards this...

I sense that IVIG will play a strong treatment role for COVID 19 recovery and probably COVID 19 chronic complications...

[obamanut2012]

4. It didn't n/t