Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, says WHO

Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by arcticbull on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:59AM (#24801442)

The current administration has spent the entire last year trying to deflect criticism for their bungled response, and have been throwing accusations of corruption and incompetence at anything that moves.

At least earlier on the narrative was that "the WHO is in the pocket of China" [1] -- while in reality of course the Americans were a dramatically bigger contributor both financially and politically. Further at the same time, the Chinese were actually threatening the WHO and leadership for not playing ball.

Typical 2020 dumpster fire. And at the end of the day the people really hurt are once again the poor countries who depend on the WHO, and we're left with a pile of sadly misinformed "they have no credibility" armchair quarterbacks. It's always easier to try and tear down a system than understand and fix. That's my opinion anyways.

For a more balanced take I suggest this Atlantic piece [2].

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-pompeo-who-workd-health...

[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/world-h...

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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by jeegsy on Friday October 16, 2020 @11:35AM (#24801835)

> For a more balanced take I suggest this Atlantic piece

This made me laugh out loud

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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by jeegsy on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:23PM (#24802321)

LOL..I knew the folks here would hate that. Seriously though, the idea that the Atlantic and balanced takes, particularly within the last few years can be used in the same sentence un-ironically is indeed a joke.

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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by arcticbull on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:16PM (#24806955)

I don't have anything against your reaction. I don't read the Atlantic; I saw this particular article, read it, lined up the facts with other things I'd read, and felt this piece reflected a more balanced take than mine. Not necessarily in absolute terms. That is what I meant by my note about balance.

I suppose next time I reply to a contentious topic I could find a more seemingly dispassionate source but these days most folks are too polarized to read any news source that doesn't align with their preconceived notions.

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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by arcticbull on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:03PM (#24802134)

For the intellectually curious, in what way?

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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ... by freebasenic on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:17PM (#24802256)

The Atlantic is a neo-lib magazine that leftists and right-wingers can agree is not even worth using as toilet paper.

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