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Coronavirus: 'Major breakthrough'
as UK scientists find £5 steroid cuts COVID-19 deaths
The drug, dexamethasone,
reduced death rates by a third for patients
on ventilators, and by a fifth for
patients needing oxygen.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-12007880

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by arista

Coronavirus: 'Major breakthrough'
as UK scientists find £5 steroid cuts COVID-19 deaths
The drug, dexamethasone,
reduced death rates by a third for patients
on ventilators, and by a fifth for
patients needing oxygen.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-12007880

This is amazing. Major breakthrough!

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

oh well, you can't help some folk, you gotta take your own precautions, I am sure the media will find someway to blame it on primary school bubbles with 6 kids though!

That’s the real problem though .. more kids returning to school , more folk returning to work , more shoppers plus protests / violent confrontations , raves , family days out etc etc


Now if the R rate goes through the roof they won’t have any clue what caused it .




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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Scientists in the UK have discovered a cheap and available treatment for COVID-19 patients.

They have described the use of common steroid drug dexamethasone as a "major breakthrough".

The drug reduced death rates by a third for patients on ventilators, and by a fifth for patients needing oxygen.

They just said it will save 1 person in every 8 treated with it so that’s 12.5% by my reckoning .... I was kinda hoping for it to be 7 out of 8 given all the fuss it’s caused ..


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[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Zizu

They just said it will save 1 person in every 8 treated with it so that’s 12.5% by my reckoning .... I was kinda hoping for it to be 7 out of 8 given all the fuss it’s caused ..


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35% of ventilated patients (over a third)

and 20% of those on Oxegen (1 in 5)

and its likely they can build on this drug by combining it with others

It is thought the drug could have saved between 4,000 to 5,000 lives if it had been used earlier in the pandemic.


its a good start, if it was 7/8 it would be nothing short of a miracle lol

[Cherie]

Sam Coates made a bit of a tit of himself saying the UK had banned the export of the drug, when it is made in Thailand, India and is available worldwide as its been used for the last 60 years

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Zizu

That’s the real problem though .. more kids returning to school , more folk returning to work , more shoppers plus protests / violent confrontations , raves , family days out etc etc


Now if the R rate goes through the roof they won’t have any clue what caused it .




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I did chuckle at Bojo thanking the public for social distancing...'well some of them'

[bitontheslide]

i always thought effective treatment was a much more realistic proposition than a vaccine. This is very early in the discovery phase of treatment option too, it will only get better from here. Let's hope it even better come winter time

[parmnion]

I'm sure someone mentioned steroids right at the start of this.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Sam Coates made a bit of a tit of himself saying the UK had banned the export of the drug, when it is made in Thailand, India and is available worldwide as its been used for the last 60 years

Can’t abide Sam or Beth tbh
They’re both so smug . You just know that they’re best mates at work
I cringe each day when they before the briefing they tell us what is going to be said in the briefing then afterwards they give us their take on what was actually said ..

I’m sure they’re bruv and sis


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[arista]

China has 106 infected Covid-19 cases

BBCnewsHD

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by parmnion

I'm sure someone mentioned steroids right at the start of this.

Steroids have been used for a long time to treat breathing problems. In that sense it's not a major breakthrough.

[bitontheslide]

Greece has seen relatively few cases of coronavirus. According to Johns Hopkins University data, it has recorded 3,148 confirmed infections and 185 deaths, and the government has already allowed businesses to reopen and travel to restart across the country.

As of Monday, authorities have also allowed brothels to reopen - albeit under strict new guidelines.

Visits are limited to 15 minutes per customer, with masks recommended for workers and clients.

Doors and windows should be kept open to allow fresh air in, payment should only be by card and not by cash, and businesses should keep a list of clients - along with their names and phone numbers - in a sealed envelope for four weeks, in case authorities need to trace infections.

Other countries are considering allowing sex work again. The Dutch government plans to reopen brothels on 1 September, although there are calls for this to happen sooner.

[The Slim Reaper]

But do I have to stay there for the other 14 minutes, or can I leave when I've finished?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

But do I have to stay there for the other 14 minutes, or can I leave when I've finished?

14.5 surely?

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Cherie

14.5 surely?

Have to undress, clean up, then dress again, too.

[arista]

PM is live PMQ's
all media


The Labour Leader
is going on about a report on Poverty

The PM shouted back it's an Anticipated Report


The PM demands the Labour Leader
says Schools are safe?
The PM also stated Labour area Schools
are closed.


The SNP leader asked for £20 a week
for the poor.
The PM said he is funding them?
But did not say how

[arista]

They are saying its Oliver Dowden MP
[HM Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport]
alone on the Briefing at 5PM

[arista]

He is live now

184 deaths


UK total Covid-19 :42,153

[Scarlett.]

Thankfully the virus is starting to look like it is on a slow downward trend now

[The Slim Reaper]

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Scarlett.

Thankfully the virus is starting to look like it is on a slow downward trend now

Yes it does ‘look’ promising..

I’ll be happier if we’re still seeing these rates dropping in a couple of weeks though ( after the protests / raves/ more school children returning and people returning to work )


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[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

That's absolutely dispecable

[arista]

Macron on his way to visit Johnson PM
so Churchill out of his box...........