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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGilead to begin clinical trials of inhaled version of Remdesivir
Not a cure or a vaccine, but if remdesivir can be administered at home and be shown effective in earlier stages of infection, this gives me some hope. If it can be used prophylactically, even better. For example if someone has been exposed but not yet showing symptoms. Many anti-virals will prevent the virus from infecting a person if given after exposure.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/22/coronavirus-drug-gilead-to-begin-trials-for-the-inhaled-version-of-remdesivir.html
Initech
(100,104 posts)The sooner Coronavirus dies the death it deserves and we can get on with our lives, the better!
Neerav B. Trivedi
(205 posts)Showing a study from China that we can get reinfected, as if there is no hope. Enough with the gloom and doom bullshit!
Ms. Toad
(34,101 posts)than pretending it is no longer here - as far too many are doing.
Very low numbers of people wearing masks here, social distancing is minimal. That's how we help the virus explode.
(Hope is fine, too, and I'm glad to see scientists working on multiple fronts. BUT in our instant gratification society, there is far more risk that we will grab onto false hope and turn a blind eye to the reality that this is still a very infectious, very dangerous virus. And - there is no evidence yet that even with antibodies, the antibodies provide protection.)
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Tell metell me, I implore!
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)moose65
(3,168 posts)That's all I can think of when I see that word!
"Blessed be the fruit." "May the Lord open."
"Under his Eye...."
Tanuki
(14,922 posts)"Balm of Gilead was a rare perfume used medicinally, that was mentioned in the Bible, and named for the region of Gilead, where it was produced. The expression stems from William Tyndale's language in the King James Bible of 1611, and has come to signify a universal cure in figurative speech. The tree or shrub producing the balm is commonly identified as Commiphora gileadensis. Some botanical scholars have concluded that the actual source was a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia.[1]"...(much more at link)
meadowlander
(4,406 posts)as in "Oh, we're just openly admitting it now, are we?"