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I've taken a break from the forum and most social media in general. Maybe not a total break, but just not keeping up with it much. I think maybe it helped to unwind from work, but I'm not working any these days. Instead I've been gardening, backpacking, paddling, and doing some handyman projects around the house. Also, my partner is working from home so she is around all the time. That means even less computer time. Appreciate the check in though. I've been checking everyone on here a couple times a week. Hope you and the fam are holding up in Nicaragua. Go Dawgs! Stay safe and healthy!!!
Some positive news on a personal front. My boss is fine, attended all virtual meetings today. Doesn’t even have a lingering cough. He’s still in quarantine at home and was supposed to be on short term leave but good to see him today.
Roughly 6 days here...fit guy with no comorbidities, back to a level of normalcy. That’s a level of hope and confidence imo.
I'd be very leery of remdesivir. It's investigational, who knows what this could do to you 5 years down the road. It should only be considered in the most extreme of critical cases. When death is imminent and you'r down to your last option. It's the hail merry. I'd wager < 1% of total COVID positive patients will be considered for this.
It's also not commercially available. The physician has to contact the company directly and fill out a form to request the med for each patient individually.
Not to bash you or anything, but like hydroxychloroquine, we might be rushing to use a med that can actually cause more harm than good. It's human nature to hope. As medical professionals you have to be careful not to misplace that hope. I've been around long enough where I've seen the next and greatest thing taken off the market later because it turned out to not be so great at all.
Today's good news...
Italy sees cases lowered for 11th day in a row...deaths 5th day in a row...
I believe we are 10 days behind Italy on lockdowns, so maybe we should be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel
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.