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Covid-19: Treatments, Cures, and Vaccines

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by exiledgator, Apr 10, 2020.

  1. 14serenoa

    14serenoa Living in Orange and surrounded by Seminoles... VIP Member

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    my mrs just replied, "I guess you don't have long to live"
     
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  2. CharlestonGator

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  3. duchen

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    Gilead drug produced ‘rapid’ recovery in coronavirus patients, report says

    University of Chicago Medicine researchers said they saw “rapid recoveries” in 125 COVID-19 patients taking Gilead Sciences Inc.’s experimental drug remdesivir as part of a clinical trial, according to a Thursday afternoon report.

    Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc. GILD, +2.55% jumped 12.7% in after-hours trading on Thursday following the publication of the Stat News report.

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    Dow futures up 900 points on the news.
     
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  4. CharlestonGator

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    ES (S&P Mini) up nearly 100 points from first close at 4:15 EST. I would expect it to come down a bit overnight tho………...
     
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  5. ncargat1

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    Interesting reaction by the stock market since the Gilead CEO already said that they are not going to make a profit on Remdesivir, but really good news none the less.
     
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  6. duchen

    duchen VIP Member

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    Good company. With a track record. The Chinese stopped a trial there and patented the drug.
     
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  7. duchen

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  8. G8trGr8t

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    nothing on this one...they were working on vaccine for poultry bronchial infection which is also a coronavirus so it seems they believe it is a small adjustment to get it to work for covid19

    Israeli scientists: 'In a few weeks, we will have coronavirus vaccine'
    In preclinical trials, the team demonstrated that the oral vaccination induces high levels of specific anti-IBV antibodies, Katz said.

    “Let’s call it pure luck,” he said. “We decided to choose coronavirus as a model for our system just as a proof of concept for our technology.”

    But after scientists sequenced the DNA of the novel coronavirus causing the current worldwide outbreak, the MIGAL researchers examined it and found that the poultry coronavirus has high genetic similarity to the human one, and that it uses the same infection mechanism, which increases the likelihood of achieving an effective human vaccine in a very short period of time, Katz said.

    “All we need to do is adjust the system to the new sequence,” he said. “We are in the middle of this process, and hopefully in a few weeks we will have the vaccine in our hands. Yes, in a few weeks, if it all works, we would have a vaccine to prevent coronavirus.”

    they were working on vaccine for poultry bronchial infection which is also a coronavirus so it seems they believe it is a small adjustment to get it to work for covid19
     
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  9. gatorknights

    gatorknights GC Hall of Fame

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    So that's why they call me Dr. GK. I wondered who that chick was. :D:D:D

    KIDDING!!!! Just kidding brother! :) The joke was open.
     
  10. exiledgator

    exiledgator Gruntled

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    I'm skeptically optimistic on the Israeli vax.
     
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  11. duchen

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  12. ncargat1

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    BARDA announces committing $483M to pay for the costs for Moderna to bring their vaccine through the late stage trials and scale up manufacturing....which suggests that these early human trials must being showing promise despite data not being made public yet.

    BARDA promises Moderna up to $483M to shepherd COVID-19 vaccine to approval
     
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  13. ncargat1

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    This would be an incredible medical advancement if they pull this off....even if they only come close to pulling this off and it needs further refinement!!

    Sanofi taps Luminostics to develop a smartphone-based COVID-19 test
     
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  14. exiledgator

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  17. PacificBlueGator

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    It's good to see the incredible ingenuity and capability we have in this country to meet challenges like this.
     
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  19. duchen

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    Yes. Random call. You should definitely participate. I tested negative.

    I have a friend who got the same call and tested positives for antibodies. Asymptomatic.
     
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