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boston bean

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Sat Oct 3, 2020, 06:01 PM Oct 2020

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What special treatment these covid vip’s receive.

Be factual.

I will start:

Trump receiving highest dose of experimental drug Regeneron. Only 275 study subjects in trial have received prior. And it was on those persons as last resort, Hail Mary.

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List needed (Original Post) boston bean Oct 2020 OP
Technically weren't half placebos? soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
Ok. I don't know everything. boston bean Oct 2020 #2
It actually makes your case better! soothsayer Oct 2020 #3
I hear you and thank you. Genuinely. boston bean Oct 2020 #5
There were placebos - I'm not sure whether the trial was 275 - Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #4
It costs more than $750 Le Roi de Pot Oct 2020 #6
The Regeneron cocktail Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #7

Ms. Toad

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4. There were placebos - I'm not sure whether the trial was 275 -
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 06:06 PM
Oct 2020

or the number receiving the drug was 275.

Ms. Toad

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7. The Regeneron cocktail
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 06:19 PM
Oct 2020

is intended for early use. It appears to shorten the length of the symptoms (on average) to 7 days if taken early enough, and to 13 days if taken after his imune system kicked in. (high dose of 8 grams; low dose is 2.4 grams) So the hail mary use is because of the restrictions on experimental medication, not becuase that is the ideal time to use it.



He also took Remdesivir - an antiviral medication (like tamiflu), which appears to shorten the duration of the illness from an average of 15 days to an average of 11 days.

It's a medication already established as safe - so the issue is whether it is effective against COVID 19.

Also (more well known):

Vitamin D (appears to be effective in preventing acquiring COVID 19 as well as decreasing intensity of symptoms)

Zinc (very effective against coronavirus colds - BUT - from personal experience it is only effective before the virus heads below the head, so if he didn't take it before he had problems breathing, it may be too late.)

Melatonin (appears to be a quack cure - one doctor says his patients who take melatonin rarely need hospitalization)

Aspirin (blood thinner - to counter clotting)

Pepcid (not sure why)

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