Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Latest Breaking News

BillyBobBrilliant

(805 posts)

31. This is encouraging, but

Reply to swag (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2020, 10:48 AM

Apr 2020

At this point it is not a scientific study based on double blind protocols.
There is such a study underway to determine the effectiveness of Remdesivir, here at the UT Health Science Center, San Antonio by the Infectious disease department. So, literally the jury is still out. Hoping however...

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

35 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Early peek at data on Gilead coronavirus drug suggests patients are responding to treatment [View all] swag Apr 2020 OP

Excellent, fantastic, wonderful pbmus Apr 2020 #1

Good news. nt SunSeeker Apr 2020 #2

Great news. Nearly all of the 125 people responded well to the drug and been discharged. iluvtennis Apr 2020 #3

There is also a placenta-based cell-therapy product showing early promise R Merm Apr 2020 #4

Error 404 - Page not found Sorry but the page you are looking for cannot be found riversedge Apr 2020 #8

Try this link R Merm Apr 2020 #11

Fantastic news! DeminPennswoods Apr 2020 #5

Thank you for posting this. n/t Ellipsis Apr 2020 #6

good news. we needed some for this horrible disease. riversedge Apr 2020 #7

That is good news. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #9

Is Trump invested in this company? keithbvadu2 Apr 2020 #10

Surprise! PennyK Apr 2020 #13

When I hear the name Gilead Karma13612 Apr 2020 #19

Same. Tucker08087 Apr 2020 #20

LOL! Karma13612 Apr 2020 #30

Mine said the same about Walking Dead. Tucker08087 Apr 2020 #33

Well, if you do ever get a chance, Karma13612 Apr 2020 #34

It will hype the market until they find out its not the wonder drug they thought it was. Its all yaesu Apr 2020 #22

Hear! Hear! for any little COVID-19 ray of medical sunshine! MFGsunny Apr 2020 #12

Wait a minute- without MORE SD, Gilead probably wouldn't be able to keep up with demand nitpicker Apr 2020 #14

Over the last two weeks nitpicker Apr 2020 #17

It's unlikely there will be enough for everyone DrToast Apr 2020 #28

Best news of my day! Thank you for posting!! onetexan Apr 2020 #15

So wonderful to see some good news! IronLionZion Apr 2020 #16

Trump loses again The Nurse Apr 2020 #18

Trump has a Gilead Lobbyist in his cabinet! MartyTheGreek Apr 2020 #21

yep, I take all of this magic bullet stuff with a grain of salt. nt yaesu Apr 2020 #24

Cue Paul Robeson.... Tanuki Apr 2020 #23

👏👏👏 SheltieLover Apr 2020 #25

I'm sure their stock loves this YUGE news, sounds like more stock market hype pretending to be yaesu Apr 2020 #26

It's good news, but not a silver bullet DrToast Apr 2020 #27

Data allegedly leaked from a small clinical trial does not indicate a treatment. NNadir Apr 2020 #29

This is encouraging, but BillyBobBrilliant Apr 2020 #31

I believe that the sample is not representative but skewed toward a subset bluedye33139 Apr 2020 #32

Crossing fingers denbot Apr 2020 #35