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In reply to the discussion: Breaking News Gilead Remdesivir Trial for Covid-19 Has Met Primary Endpoint [View all]turbinetree
(24,695 posts)24. What I found interesting was that when you add 62%+49% it does not equal 100
out of the 397....................what gives.......this is suppose to be a controlled group...........
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Breaking News Gilead Remdesivir Trial for Covid-19 Has Met Primary Endpoint [View all]
mobeau69
Apr 2020
OP
Good news. Of course we will soon know that tRump himself developed this drug.
groundloop
Apr 2020
#1
LOL. He'll look like an even bigger fool. Most people have seen the light on his con. nt
mobeau69
Apr 2020
#2
If the news is true, it's still a very limited help. Requires an IV, in a hospital setting.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#8
I don't think most nursing homes are actually equipped/staffed to deliver IVs.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#12
Yeah, it may be much more practical than sending everybody to the hospital.
lagomorph777
Apr 2020
#14
It might help with some by just knowing they are taking something for it. Placebo effect.
LiberalArkie
Apr 2020
#21
WHO messed up big time by accidently releasing incomplete data from China, (supposedly), which
still_one
Apr 2020
#7
That is what I heard also, but still it was still an incomplete trial. I am trying to understand
still_one
Apr 2020
#17
They will administer the drug in an infusion center or something like that. I am skeptical
still_one
Apr 2020
#19
Still the data should not have been released because it was incomplete, also it is a
still_one
Apr 2020
#18
This latest result showed definite shorter course of the disease and that is good
still_one
Apr 2020
#32
What I found interesting was that when you add 62%+49% it does not equal 100
turbinetree
Apr 2020
#24