The scientists over at National Institutes of Health panel have not recommend either for or against a treatment included the antiviral remdesivir, which is being studied in several trials in the United States and around the world….
They have also cast doubt on about hydroxychloroquine and the closely related drug chloroquine, even when given without azithromycin, saying that patients receiving them should be monitored for adverse effects….
They ARE scientists…
They ARE being cautious …
They do NOT have the issue of the politics, health, economics. and most of all?…
Time….
So?
On our own?
The best treatment seems to be good ole social distancing and hospital’s figuring out what drugs THEY will give and how they will handle things…
The numbers HAVE dropped in the last few weeks in many places in America and around the world…
This while Trump pushes opening the country back up…
Things do NOT stand still like the scientist ‘s would like…
The federal agency led by Dr. Anthony Fauci issued guidelines on Tuesday that stated there is no proven drug for treating coronavirus patients, a finding that essentially reinforces Dr. Fauci’s dissent from President Trump’s repeated promotion of certain drugs without evidence to support their use.
The report echoed what frustrated doctors already know: Not enough is known about the highly infectious virus or how to combat it.
Months into the pandemic, a panel of experts convened by the research center Dr. Fauci leads, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, concluded that whenever possible, drug therapy should be given as part of a clinical trial, so that data can be collected to determine whether treatments work.
At the White House briefing, Mr. Trump said he had not seen the panel’s guidelines. Dr. Fauci, who often attends the briefings, was not there on Tuesday….