Thread on testing & treatment research for COVID-19

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More evidence that PCR tests are a dangerous thing to rely on

Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Test Results Among Patients Who Recovered From COVID-19 With Prior Negative Results

This study examines positive real-time polymerase chain reaction nasal-oropharyngeal swab results from patients who recovered from COVID-19 with prior negative results.

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PCR positives: what do they mean? | The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

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For COVID Drugs, Months of Frantic Development Lead to Few Outright Successes

There have been mixed results as researchers try to stop a disease they are still trying to understand

www.scientificamerican.com

 

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Common SARS-CoV-2 mutation may be more susceptible to vaccine - UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

November 12, 2020 A new study published in Science confirms that the D614G spike mutation allows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to replicate faster, outcompete and transmit more easily between hosts compared to the original virus. However, the mutation that enabled this strain to spread so...

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This news really needs its own thread!!

 

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Good stuff. I note that their design had a bigger control group. Interestingly, the infection rate for the control group (90/15000) seems to be below what we otherwise hear about for the general population.

 

[Cletus11]

Now seems like the major question is what is the timing around FDA approval of these vaccines. Seems the initial reporting by the pharma companies is showing some excellent results with 90% or more being I think much higher than what was expected. Would love to see at least one, if not two of them approved before Xmas such that starting in January we can be distributing and vaccinating the medical community and elderly ASAP. I think once those two groups get vaccinated, this thing starts to turn around some as the death rates and hospitalization rates should go way, way down. Plus those two groups are the easiest to vaccinate as just need to get out to the nursing homes and can vaccinate large amounts of people in a very short time.

Next step then would be to open up to anybody over 70 years old and those who have double co-morbidities under 70 which is going to take a lot longer as how that is done in masse I still have not seen much information on.

 

[ThePennsyOracle]

Now seems like the major question is what is the timing around FDA approval of these vaccines. Seems the initial reporting by the pharma companies is showing some excellent results with 90% or more being I think much higher than what was expected. Would love to see at least one, if not two of them approved before Xmas such that starting in January we can be distributing and vaccinating the medical community and elderly ASAP. I think once those two groups get vaccinated, this thing starts to turn around some as the death rates and hospitalization rates should go way, way down. Plus those two groups are the easiest to vaccinate as just need to get out to the nursing homes and can vaccinate large amounts of people in a very short time.

Next step then would be to open up to anybody over 70 years old and those who have double co-morbidities under 70 which is going to take a lot longer as how that is done in masse I still have not seen much information on.

Some very astute analysis in that post. Great job.

 

[sluggo72]

Now seems like the major question is what is the timing around FDA approval of these vaccines. Seems the initial reporting by the pharma companies is showing some excellent results with 90% or more being I think much higher than what was expected. Would love to see at least one, if not two of them approved before Xmas such that starting in January we can be distributing and vaccinating the medical community and elderly ASAP. I think once those two groups get vaccinated, this thing starts to turn around some as the death rates and hospitalization rates should go way, way down. Plus those two groups are the easiest to vaccinate as just need to get out to the nursing homes and can vaccinate large amounts of people in a very short time.

Next step then would be to open up to anybody over 70 years old and those who have double co-morbidities under 70 which is going to take a lot longer as how that is done in masse I still have not seen much information on.

FDA approval?? I thought Governor Cuomo had to approve it

 

[hereforthebeer]

FDA approval?? I thought Governor Cuomo had to approve it

His threat to sue is just as cute as Trump's threat to withhold. Idiots.

 

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It'll be quite a while before the FDA formally approves them. But they are likely to get emergency use authorization soon.

Meanwhile

ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

 

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