Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll

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HAVANA (Reuters) - Communist-run Cuba said this week that use of two drugs produced by its biotech industry that reduce hyper-inflammation in seriously ill COVID-19 patients has sharply curbed its coronavirus-related death toll.

Health authorities have reported just two virus-related deaths over the past nine days among more than 200 active cases on the Caribbean’s largest island, a sign they may have the worst of the outbreak under control.

The government, which hopes to increase its biopharmaceutical exports, has touted various drugs it produces for helping prevent infection with the new coronavirus and treating the COVID-19 disease it causes.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-cuba/cuba-credits-two-drugs-with-slashing-coronavirus-death-toll-idUSKBN22Y2Y4

[sandensea]

1. "Communism!" yelled Cheeto.

"Psst - get me some, ok?"

[malaise]

4. Cuba has the best health care in our hemisphere

and what's more is that they understand the meaning of humanity and loving their neighbors

[blitzen]

6. Along with among the world's highest literacy rates--near 100%!. n/t

[malaise]

7. Yep

Everything is about priorities.

[Brother Buzz]

8. One could make the argument Cuba's biggest export is doctors..and their teams

Way ahead of baseball players and cigars. People in South America and Africa think very highly of them.

[malaise]

10. Some are in Italy and Spain as well as in South Africa and our hemisphere

Nurses as well - Excellent point.

[Happy Hoosier]

11. Well, sure as long as they toe the line...

... don’t criticize the government.

I’ll never understand why some on the American left laud this authoritarian dictatorship.

[malaise]

12. Because when you get right down to it

life is all that matters. A democratic health care system is what we all want.

[dmr]

13. I don't think anyone here is lauding a dictator or Communism.

I'm reading about good non-political outcomes on the island.

[sandensea]

14. Well said.

One should be able to identify what works, and what doesn't, in any given situation - especially politics.

GOPee mind-benders have spent decades and billions trying to brainwash us all into a "you're either with us - or against us" mentality.

And by "with us" they mean every Hitleresque world-domination fantasy of theirs (plus trickle-down, of course).

[BSdetect]

2. I thought Cuba had some good diabetes treatment?

[Historic NY]

3. Interesting...

Itolizumab is used Psoriasis treatment which is an over production of skin cells, Covid-19 trigger the immune system to overproduce the reaction of inflammation of the system cytokines, the immune system attacks itself

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5. 2 deaths out of 200 cases is what would be expected without drugs though

0.5-1% mortality is what we've been seeing so far. And the lack of obesity in Cuba would definitely reduce the death rate further.

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9. Almost every other country is handling things better than the US. Smh. Nt