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What makes you leery of remdesivir over other nucleotide and nucleoside analogs used for viral infections the past 50 years? Main concern I've seen with this class of drugs is hepatotoxicity caused by disrupting mitochondrial DNA replication. If it can happen it's usually mild after long term use which we wouldn't see for COVID-19. I do agree we shouldn't rush anything which is why I support this drug going through clinical trials and market surveillance like normal. I'm more worried about chloroquine since it has a lot of severe drug interactions and can hurt people with heart, kidney, and liver problems.
I'm not saying don't look into, I'm just saying go cautiously.
Just about everyone and their aunt has had Levaquin (levofloxacin) or Cipro (ciprofloxacin). They are very common antibiotics. But another drug in the same quinolone class called alatrofloxacin was removed several years ago world wide due to liver failure and death. Just because a chemical is in the same family as others, it does not make it safe.
We've all got that one cousin that goes to Auburn.
Yeah, sudafed and meth are nearly identical. That's why trials are important, but nucleotide analogs are generally considered safe. I'm just wondering if you had some inside information on remdesivir
Being his nick is @RxDawg I would bet he has a PharmD. So inside information would be a given.
Other good news is that cases are going down in California too. Even though we were the first state (along with Washington) to be exposed and we have a massive population, California reacted very quickly without denying its seriousness and ahead of the outbreak put a shelter in place before any other state. And while our shelter in place has been far from perfect, it has been enforced by police who break up any social gathering when they see it and is generally working and our cases are starting to go down in California. Not only is it working, but we have been finding ways to make the best of it. This might seem silly, but one example is that we all howl out our windows at 8pm every night in support of the health care workers in our community putting their lives on the line every day for us. They hear it. They might think we are nuts, but they hear it and they feel our appreciation.
PJackson still think this is a democrat hoax?
I'm spending a great deal of time cooking for my menfolk. I was reared in Georgia. It's what you do in any crisis.
Thanks . I feel alright, knot in the chest feeling was gone after 2 days,, just headache and cough, and slept for 16 hours today . The tiredness is the worst part.
I hope you and Kasey are right. Unfortunately here in Florida the Stay at Home doesn't start until midnight tonight so we are way behind. This "lock-down" is also very weak as, for example, churches are exempt and I live 1/2 a mile from a 1000+ church. My wife and I went on personal Stay at Home 2 weeks ago only going out (her) to get food once.
A week ago I did a simple model on US Deaths and projected the first 1,000 death day 4/4, the first 2,000 day 4/11 and the 3,000 day 4/17 topping out at 3,800 4/29 with an April total of 80k. Obviously not good news and I sincerely hope i'm wrong.
Still pending peer-review, but positive news out of the China study (included a control group) for hydroxychloroquine in mild patients. Source: New York Times
@Denmen185 you're not wrong, especially if churches are massing people together in close proximity. The dawgs are using video conferencing to protect the players. I think church is essential, especially in trying times. But why sacrifice a congregation to lucifer (Covid19) when there are options to avoid this? Video conference is not as good but it saves lives. Do Florida pastors not care as much about the safety of their congregation as much as Kirby cares about his players?
Here's a link about the role funeral homes and churches are playing in spreading Covid19 in Georgia:
And i know many have been trained to think the next source is fake news (its not!), and there is nothing political, partisan or sensational in this article. But understanding how spread works is important in protecting our communities:
Most of the bigger churches in my area (south metro Atlanta) are doing live-stream only.
My church in particular has been exclusively live-streaming with no congregation for the last 3 Sundays...right around the time this all started breaking out and several weeks before Georgia government started to "get serious" about social distancing.
I'd imagine smaller churches may not have the capacity/know-how to livestream so they have tried to keep their doors open longer (not justifying doin so...just contributing to the conversation).
@mdpuck13 your church is protecting your congregation. And maybe bigger more sophisticated churches can help smaller churches somehow.