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crimycarny

(1,351 posts)
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 01:55 PM Jun 2020

Gilead to begin clinical trials of inhaled version of Remdesivir

Not a cure or a vaccine, but if remdesivir can be administered at home and be shown effective in earlier stages of infection, this gives me some hope. If it can be used prophylactically, even better. For example if someone has been exposed but not yet showing symptoms. Many anti-virals will prevent the virus from infecting a person if given after exposure.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/22/coronavirus-drug-gilead-to-begin-trials-for-the-inhaled-version-of-remdesivir.html

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Gilead to begin clinical trials of inhaled version of Remdesivir (Original Post) crimycarny Jun 2020 OP
I'm all for anything that helps kill this thing! Initech Jun 2020 #1
Better than all the gloom and doom I saw today Neerav B. Trivedi Jun 2020 #2
Better gloom and doom that reminds us this virus will be around for a long time Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #7
Is there--is there balm in Gilead? soothsayer Jun 2020 #3
No Poe fans? soothsayer Jun 2020 #8
Gilead is the name of the oppressive regime in The Handmaid's Tale moose65 Jun 2020 #4
Much more interesting history Tanuki Jun 2020 #5
LOL, my brain went there too meadowlander Jun 2020 #6

Initech

(99,914 posts)
1. I'm all for anything that helps kill this thing!
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 01:58 PM
Jun 2020

The sooner Coronavirus dies the death it deserves and we can get on with our lives, the better!

 

Neerav B. Trivedi

(205 posts)
2. Better than all the gloom and doom I saw today
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 02:00 PM
Jun 2020

Showing a study from China that we can get reinfected, as if there is no hope. Enough with the gloom and doom bullshit!

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
7. Better gloom and doom that reminds us this virus will be around for a long time
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 04:39 PM
Jun 2020

than pretending it is no longer here - as far too many are doing.

Very low numbers of people wearing masks here, social distancing is minimal. That's how we help the virus explode.

(Hope is fine, too, and I'm glad to see scientists working on multiple fronts. BUT in our instant gratification society, there is far more risk that we will grab onto false hope and turn a blind eye to the reality that this is still a very infectious, very dangerous virus. And - there is no evidence yet that even with antibodies, the antibodies provide protection.)

moose65

(3,164 posts)
4. Gilead is the name of the oppressive regime in The Handmaid's Tale
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 03:22 PM
Jun 2020

That's all I can think of when I see that word!

"Blessed be the fruit." "May the Lord open."

"Under his Eye...."

Tanuki

(14,893 posts)
5. Much more interesting history
Mon Jun 22, 2020, 03:33 PM
Jun 2020
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balm_of_Gilead

"Balm of Gilead was a rare perfume used medicinally, that was mentioned in the Bible, and named for the region of Gilead, where it was produced. The expression stems from William Tyndale's language in the King James Bible of 1611, and has come to signify a universal cure in figurative speech. The tree or shrub producing the balm is commonly identified as Commiphora gileadensis. Some botanical scholars have concluded that the actual source was a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia.[1]"...(much more at link)
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