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A comment on NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery from Advanced Covid-19.

Re:NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery ... by tgafpc2 on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @02:51PM (#23022727)
Just want to remind everyone to be consistent. President Trump touted Remdisivir while it was not approved for treating C19 and had no clinical trials.
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Re:NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery ... by tapoxi on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @03:16PM (#23022981)
Trump was especially irresponsible in touting hydroxychloroquine because he said it had very promising results, people have access to it now, there are no adverse effects, and he was going to let everyone get a prescription for it.

You're also incorrect, remdesivir had already started clinical trials in early March and patients were being enrolled. Trump made his comments ~2 weeks after they had begun.

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Re:NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery ... by TMWNN on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @03:57PM (#23023456)
>Trump was especially irresponsible in touting hydroxychloroquine because he said it had very promising results, people have access to it now, there are no adverse effects, and he was going to let everyone get a prescription for it.

Rheumatologist with 30 years of experience who, while skeptical of hydroxychloroquine's benefits for COVID19, has no problem with Trump's "what have you got to lose?" statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRCG9RtFJ_Y

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