Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ...
by ajsnigrutin on Sunday October 18, 2020 @11:49PM
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We're talking about a real virus here, not a theoretical experiment in math. Currently, most of europe is having an exponential growth of new cases, so even if 100% of current cases show up on day one, we'll have more new cases tomorrow, and any way to speed up the process will save lives.
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Re:Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, ...
by mlyle on Monday October 19, 2020 @02:11AM
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Yes, shortening the process saves lives. I don't disagree with that.
It's just worth noting that you get significantly less than a 1/.9 benefit in capacity when you shorten hospitalization times by 10%. It's a benefit, but it's only this ideal value when things are perfectly steady state. So sorry for the pedantry, but "10% less hospital stay, means 10% more patients able to get help."--- it's not the predicted 11% or even 10%.