People who study/work on this stuff

[ConvenientParking]

@*33* @Melmacian

What are the odds we could develop a reliable antibody test for this? Once you develop it, do you still have to expose X patients and see if they get infected thereby saving little time with a vaccine? Is a vaccine expected to be faster anyway?

Sorry, stupid questions. Just curious.

 

[Joes Place]

@*33* @Melmacian

What are the odds we could develop a reliable antibody test for this? Once you develop it, do you still have to expose X patients and see if they get infected thereby saving little time with a vaccine? Is a vaccine expected to be faster anyway?

Sorry, stupid questions. Just curious.

Antibodies are present in those who have survived the disease. There are already efforts ongoing to extract plasma from these people, and transfuse into others to boost immune response. It ain't terribly efficient, but it works for many.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/05...overed-patients-could-help-treat-coronavirus/

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[Moral]

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[ConvenientParking]

Antibodies are present in those who have survived the disease. There are already efforts ongoing to extract plasma from these people, and transfuse into others to boost immune response. It ain't terribly efficient, but it works for many.

https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/05...overed-patients-could-help-treat-coronavirus/

For all the MAGAs who have me on ignore: there's a new nugget you just didn't learn!!!

I hadn't even thought about that. I was thinking more along the lines of being able to test someone who went through an asymptomatic infection who would be testing negative but also (probably) no longer at risk. It seems like the chances of reinfection are low the last I read.

 

[*33*]

@*33* @Melmacian

What are the odds we could develop a reliable antibody test for this? Once you develop it, do you still have to expose X patients and see if they get infected thereby saving little time with a vaccine? Is a vaccine expected to be faster anyway?

Sorry, stupid questions. Just curious.

Basically what @Joes Place said regarding antibodies....obviously if a mom gets it she will pass antibodies in breast milk. Vaccine will help, but you always have issues with RNA viruses. However, just like flu shot it will pry help mitigate the severity of illness even of not perfect.

Maybe remdesivir will be enough to help out the severely ill. However getting it and enough seems like it will be a problem.

 

[mstp1992]

Basically what @Joes Place said regarding antibodies....obviously if a mom gets it she will pass antibodies in breast milk. Vaccine will help, but you always have issues with RNA viruses. However, just like flu shot it will pry help mitigate the severity of illness even of not perfect.

Maybe remdesivir will be enough to help out the severely ill. However getting it and enough seems like it will be a problem.

Remdesivir and chloroquine are showing some promise, experimentally at least.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0.pdf

 

[*33*]

Remdesivir and chloroquine are showing some promise, experimentally at least.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41422-020-0282-0.pdf

Yeah unfortunately we are unable to get chloroquine now as well.

 

[mstp1992]

Yeah unfortunately we are unable to get chloroquine now as well.

Gilead Sciences Inc. has started several clinical trials in China using remdesivir and chloroquine.

Bayer has been providing China with several hundred thousand units of chloroquine, free of charge for treatment trials.

 

[*33*]

Gilead Sciences Inc. has started several clinical trials in China using remdesivir and chloroquine.

Bayer has been providing China with several hundred thousand units of chloroquine, free of charge for treatment trials.

Yeah I'm just going by what the pharmacy buyer told me...none available currently from any source he gets it from. Hopefully they will continue to distribute to us.