People literally died because the media was more interested in demonizing Donald Trump than getting the facts right.
Also -Hydroxychloroquine (aka Plaquenil) sulfate (the full generic name) is no longer covered by patent protection. There's at least four generic makers supplying it. Cost per tab is ultra-low.
Those who claimed Trump's motivation in promoting the drug was that he directly profited from its sale - and those people ought to apologize. Of course all we'll ever hear is crickets.
so the mortality rate is what? 0.05% ? And when they say" he died of covid "does that mean only covid? or covid with heart disease, diabetes, old age, COPD, etc. What a drag.
His summary: The truth is simple, and horrifying. We are about to have dozens of NYCs around the country. The next 8 weeks are going to brutal, no matter what we do. ICUs overflowing, ventilators rationed, hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Yes.
It gets worse. The CDC itself and some states are combining positive tests and those who test positive for the anti body when tested. The positive antibody numbers go into the new active numbers. Bad for policy making decisions at the very least as illustrated in SteelyD's article.
There is no solid data on anything. Do not ever let your guard down, cuz this will not be over until it is.
Combining these two signals makes the data difficult to interpret and could be misleading to the public, because the combined number does not reflect the rate of new infection (and the number of infectious people circulating) in their region, William Hanage, an epidemiology professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told The Atlantic. "Combining a test that is designed to detect current infection with a test that detects infection at some point in the past is just really confusing and muddies the water," he said.
In addition, people are most likely to receive a diagnostic test if they're suspected to be infected, meaning they're showing symptoms of the disease or have been in contact with an infected person. Antibody tests can be given to anyone, and because relatively few people are thought to have been infected with COVID-19 across the U.S., many antibody tests may come back negative. If combined with diagnostic test results, antibody test results could artificially lower the percentage of positive tests out of the total.
The percentage of positive diagnostic tests provides a sense of how much virus is currently circulating in a community, and if skewed, that warped statistic could wrongly influence public health policy decisions.
His summary: The truth is simple, and horrifying. We are about to have dozens of NYCs around the country. The next 8 weeks are going to brutal, no matter what we do. ICUs overflowing, ventilators rationed, hundreds of thousands of deaths.
His summary: The truth is simple, and horrifying. We are about to have dozens of NYCs around the country. The next 8 weeks are going to brutal, no matter what we do. ICUs overflowing, ventilators rationed, hundreds of thousands of deaths.
On July 1, the European Union reopened its borders to 15 non-EU countries that have brought COVID-19 under control. The United States was not among them. This population-adjusted graph of new infections shows why:
Public Citizen immediately declared the pricing âoffensive.â âItâs outrageous,â said Zain Rizvi, a drug-pricing expert who works for the consumer advocacy group. âEven during a pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry canât help but price gouge.â Rizvi said that the price may affect who gets the therapy â and hit the uninsured hardest. âSome patients may choose to skip their care,â he said. âOthers may be on the hook for thousands of dollars.â Hospitals may also be hesitant to use the drug because of its price.
I know it sounds like a lot of money (because it is), but I'd bet it's about the same cost as a couple hours (or less) in the ER, or fifteen minutes in ICU, or a few minutes on a ventilator.
It seems like hospitals would jump at the chance to reduce expenses by reducing a patient's time in treatment. c.
Yes, pharmaceuticals are the cheapest form of healthcare. drug adherence is the best way to keep most people out of the ER/hospital. Contrary to the headline, aggregate drug price inflation has only been about 2-3%, due in large part that over 80% of scripts are now generics, and reimbursement rate for drugs has been under pressure. The issue is more to do with the convoluted supply chain, and how rebates, discounts flow from manufacturer to insured.
FEB 10 - "Looks like by April, you know in theory when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away"
FEB 27 - "It's going to disappear. One day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear"
MAR 6 - "You have to be calm. It'll go away"
APR 29 - "It's going to go away, this is going to go away"
JUN 15 - "At some point this stuff goes away and it's going away"
JUN 17 - "It's fading away. It's going to fade away".
JUN 18 - "And it is dying out. The numbers are starting to get very good"
JUL 1 - âAnd I think we are going to be very good with the coronavirus,â... âI think that at some point, that itâs going to sort of just disappear, I hope.â
Public Citizen immediately declared the pricing âoffensive.â âItâs outrageous,â said Zain Rizvi, a drug-pricing expert who works for the consumer advocacy group. âEven during a pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry canât help but price gouge.â Rizvi said that the price may affect who gets the therapy â and hit the uninsured hardest. âSome patients may choose to skip their care,â he said. âOthers may be on the hook for thousands of dollars.â Hospitals may also be hesitant to use the drug because of its price.
I know it sounds like a lot of money (because it is), but I'd bet it's about the same cost as a couple hours (or less) in the ER, or fifteen minutes in ICU, or a few minutes on a ventilator.
It seems like hospitals would jump at the chance to reduce expenses by reducing a patient's time in treatment. c.
Where you might be gouged as well, unless you have excellent coverage...
Public Citizen immediately declared the pricing âoffensive.â âItâs outrageous,â said Zain Rizvi, a drug-pricing expert who works for the consumer advocacy group. âEven during a pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry canât help but price gouge.â Rizvi said that the price may affect who gets the therapy â and hit the uninsured hardest. âSome patients may choose to skip their care,â he said. âOthers may be on the hook for thousands of dollars.â Hospitals may also be hesitant to use the drug because of its price.
I know it sounds like a lot of money (because it is), but I'd bet it's about the same cost as a couple hours (or less) in the ER, or fifteen minutes in ICU, or a few minutes on a ventilator.
It seems like hospitals would jump at the chance to reduce expenses by reducing a patient's time in treatment. c.
Where you might be gouged as well, unless you have excellent coverage...
Public Citizen immediately declared the pricing âoffensive.â âItâs outrageous,â said Zain Rizvi, a drug-pricing expert who works for the consumer advocacy group. âEven during a pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry canât help but price gouge.â Rizvi said that the price may affect who gets the therapy â and hit the uninsured hardest. âSome patients may choose to skip their care,â he said. âOthers may be on the hook for thousands of dollars.â Hospitals may also be hesitant to use the drug because of its price.
I know it sounds like a lot of money (because it is), but I'd bet it's about the same cost as a couple hours (or less) in the ER, or fifteen minutes in ICU, or a few minutes on a ventilator.
It seems like hospitals would jump at the chance to reduce expenses by reducing a patient's time in treatment. c.
Public Citizen immediately declared the pricing âoffensive.â âItâs outrageous,â said Zain Rizvi, a drug-pricing expert who works for the consumer advocacy group. âEven during a pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry canât help but price gouge.â Rizvi said that the price may affect who gets the therapy â and hit the uninsured hardest. âSome patients may choose to skip their care,â he said. âOthers may be on the hook for thousands of dollars.â Hospitals may also be hesitant to use the drug because of its price.
"The message is really clear if you want to see these lockdowns eased ⦠follow the rules, use common sense, don't pretend it's over."
And that's with 73 new cases yesterday. Can't imaging how US states are going to manage to get a handle on their trends with so many people ignoring the science.
