Coronavirus good news thread

There's a lot of positive trials going on around the world with current drugs. Would be good to know how long some of these might take to be introduced into the NHS to compliment Dexcantremembertherestithose
 
The treatment that was given to Trump is to be used in Teesside hospital as part of trial.
I think a lot in the scientific community believe this stuff has a very good chance of being an effective treatment and a major weapon in the battle against Covid,

‘Patients admitted to a hospital trust in North East England with COVID-19 have become the first to receive synthetic neutralising antibodies as part of the ‘Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 therapy’ (RECOVERY) trial.’

https://www.pharmaceutical-journal....covery-trial/20208461.article?firstPass=false
 
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Jostler said:
There's a lot of positive trials going on around the world with current drugs. Would be good to know how long some of these might take to be introduced into the NHS to compliment Dexcantremembertherestithose
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Bless you! Imagine trying to say that 3 times fast.

@FabioPorkpie with regards to the treatment Trump received, obviously he must have signed off on it to receive it? Maybes he might be right about a 'cure' or 'super treatment'?
 
RandySavage said:
Bless you! Imagine trying to say that 3 times fast.

@FabioPorkpie with regards to the treatment Trump received, obviously he must have signed off on it to receive it? Maybes he might be right about a 'cure' or 'super treatment'?
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Not sure what the ins and outs of Trump receiving it were, other than it was one of the things he was given (along with vitamin D and zinc, interestingly, among other things).

I have seen a few well informed medical and science types say they think the monoclonal antibody treatment is the best chance of a pretty effective treatment for covid. Hope that proves to be the case, although whether they will be able to manufacture enough of it, or get the cost to a level that makes it accessible, remains to be seen.
 
FabioPorkpie said:
The treatment that was given to Trump is to be used in Teesside hospital as part of trial.
I think a lot in the scientific community believe this stuff has a very good chance of being an effective treatment and a major weapon in the battle against Covid,

‘Patients admitted to a hospital trust in North East England with COVID-19 have become the first to receive synthetic neutralising antibodies as part of the ‘Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 therapy’ (RECOVERY) trial.’

https://www.pharmaceutical-journal....covery-trial/20208461.article?firstPass=false
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Fabio, you should have your own good news thread sticky with your constant good news coronavirus threads 👍
 
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Astrazeneca Oxford vaccine producing an immune response for both old and young people. Also fewer side effects with older people.

Article behind FT paywall or reported in Guardian blog here
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Great news, Last I heard they were waiting for enough people as part of the study to test positive to see whether they were the placebo group. Hopefully, they can reach that point ASAP and the wheels can start moving.
 
Jostler said:
Great news, Last I heard they were waiting for enough people as part of the study to test positive to see whether they were the placebo group. Hopefully, they can reach that point ASAP and the wheels can start moving.
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There seems to be a move to actively infect vaccinated and placebo people to push this along. The first thing they need is volunteers to test how much of the virus they need to subject people to to contract the virus. There is, apparently, no shortage of volunteers!
 
Good news on the rate of increase of survival of admissions with covid-19 from March to June.

March - high dependency unit (71.6% survival) and ICU (58.0% survival).

End of June, survival had improved to 92.7% in high dependency unit and 80.4% in ICU.

They found improvements in survival remained after adjustment for patient characteristics (age, sex, ethnicity, and major comorbidities) and geographical region.

Survival of critical care patients
 
bear66 said:
Good news on the rate of increase of survival of admissions with covid-19 from March to June.

March - high dependency unit (71.6% survival) and ICU (58.0% survival).

End of June, survival had improved to 92.7% in high dependency unit and 80.4% in ICU.

They found improvements in survival remained after adjustment for patient characteristics (age, sex, ethnicity, and major comorbidities) and geographical region.

Survival of critical care patients
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An older lady I used to work and who & used to be a great laugh on work night outs with passed away from it early in the pandemic. I often think about whether she would have survived if she'd caught it later.
 
Jostler said:
An older lady I used to work and who & used to be a great laugh on work night outs with passed away from it early in the pandemic. I often think about whether she would have survived if she'd caught it later.
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It is a phenomenal increase in survival rates. It is sad that we didn't have the knowledge and medication earlier on. A lot was made of learning from the Italian experience so hopefully international cooperation has helped here and elsewhere. Also, Dexamethasone was being widely used by mid-June.
 
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