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I read this X% success rate for many drugs, Remdesivir, chloroquine etc... What does it mean? Giving no drug, just ventilator alone has 97% success rate right?
by gnulinux 7y ago
I read this X% success rate for many drugs, Remdesivir, chloroquine etc... What does it mean? Giving no drug, just ventilator alone has 97% success rate right? So how do we know that that 90% is due to the drug and not, you know, immune system itself? Moreover, a lot of people keep saying both Remdesivir and chloroquine are in official treatment suggestions in Italy, and seeing Italy is suffering a pretty bad mortality rate, how do we even know these drugs are better than placebo?
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- mypalmike 7y agoWas 97% a hypothetical? I have heard much lower figures for ventilator success rates.
- gnulinux 7y agoDo they use these drugs only to severe patients who need ventilator? I was referring to the overall estimated CFR (3%). What is the success rate of ventilators then?
- cm2187 7y agoIn the case of the french study, the timing is a key thing. Lower viral load quickly = less contagious = inserting grains of sand in the propagation of the virus and if the numbers add up, hopefully a non-economy nuking alternative to lock downs.