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nealhugh

03/20/20 8:11 AM

#840 RE: nealhugh #839

The Chinese have stopped the spread of the virus but it will remain around until a vaccine is developed and can be administered to the general populations.

I recommend people keep this reference, or knowledge, around in case you know someone who does reach the end stage of the viral expansion and high levels of IL-6 threaten to have them placed on a respirator. Try to convince the referring physician to consider it off label.
Some patients infected with the novel coronavirus can develop uncontrolled immune response, leading to potentially life-threatening damage to lung tissue. After seeing promising results in clinical practice, Chinese authorities now recommend Roche's blockbuster arthritis drug Actemra to tackle that....

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China turns Roche arthritis drug Actemra against COVID-19 in new treatment guidelines
Some patients infected with the novel coronavirus can develop uncontrolled immune response, leading to potentially life-threatening damage to lung tissue. After seeing promising results in clinical practice, Chinese authorities now recommend Roche's blockbuster arthritis drug Actemra to tackle that....

billbeek23

03/20/20 3:44 PM

#844 RE: nealhugh #839

I actually know a lot about science and have both experience and interest in it.

nealhugh

03/22/20 1:49 AM

#848 RE: nealhugh #839


Jeremy C. Young
@jeremycyoung
We can now read the Imperial College report on COVID-19 that led to the extreme measures we've seen in the US this week. Read it; it's terrifying. I'll offer a summary in this thread; please correct me if I've gotten it wrong.https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf

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