https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/fksnbf/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/
https://www.gatesfoundation.org/TheOptimist/Articles/coronavirus-mark-suzman-therapeutics
Announcing the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
The first time I ever wrote about global health was an article on the looming AIDS crisis in my native South Africa. My piece for the Johannesburg Star in 1991 reported dire predictions from experts about the potential of an epidemic. A major cause for pessimism was that, back then, HIV/AIDS could not be prevented or treated medically.
The same was true of the outbreaks of SARS in 2002, MERS in 2012, Ebola in 2014, and Zika in 2016. It is also the case with the previously unknown coronavirus, COVID-19, which has now reached more than 100,000 cases worldwide.
Any disease which threatens lives is disturbing, but one for which there is no treatment is especially alarming. And, as we’ve already seen with COVID-19, countries and communities bear immense human, economic, and social costs. At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we’re committed to doing everything we can to ease that burden, especially for the world’s poorest people who are often hardest hit by epidemics and their aftermath.
That is why today, we are joining forces with Wellcome and Mastercard to beef up our response—backed by $125 million in both new funding and money already earmarked to tackle this epidemic. The money will be used to identify potential treatments for COVID-19, accelerate their development, and prepare for the manufacture of millions of doses for use worldwide. The expertise of pharmaceutical companies will be critical to this endeavor, named the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.
Epidemics introduce a paradox to the world. Viruses like COVID-19 spread rapidly but developing vaccines and treatments to stop them moves slowly. If we want to make people, particularly the most vulnerable, safer from outbreaks then we need to find a way to unwind this paradox: to speed up R&D and slow down the spread.
The only way to treat a viral infection, such as COVID-19, is with antiviral drugs. Right now, we can only treat the symptoms since there simply aren’t antiviral medications that can treat a range of conditions in the same way that antibiotics do for bacterial infections. This is where we believe we can help by partnering with private and philanthropic enterprises to lower the financial risk and technical barriers for biotech and pharmaceutical companies developing antivirals for COVID-19.
https://twitter.com/RiganoESQ/status/1240273631604809728
Full peer reviewed study has been released by Didier Raoult MD, PhD
After 6 days 100% of patients treated with HCQ + Azithromycin were virologically cured
p-value <.0001
https://drive.google.com/file/d/186Bel9RqfsmEx55FDum4xY_IlWSHnGbj/view
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8127821/Tom-Hanks-sister-says-star-not-great-okay-coronavirus-diagnosis.html
EXCLUSIVE: 'He's an actor, not a god!' Tom Hanks' sister breaks her silence on star's coronavirus diagnosis, saying he's 'not great but okay' as she herself remains in lockdown in Italy
March18
Tom Hanks' sister has revealed her brother is doing 'not great, but still okay' after the movie star and his wife Rita Wilson tested positive for coronavirus, she exclusively told DailyMail.com.
Hanks, 63, has kept his fans updated on his condition after being discharged from a hospital in Australia and moving into a rented house to self-isolate, saying he and Wilson were taking a 'one-day-at-a-time approach'.
Hanks' sister Sandra Hanks Benoiton elaborated, saying: 'I have communicated with my brother. He's not great, but still okay. [Am I] shocked? No. He's an actor, not a god [but] medical care in Australia is good.'
Sandra, the star's eldest sibling, moved to Italy with her family in 2016 and remains on lockdown herself as the country deals with the pandemic, and hopes the UK and US stay positive amid the outbreak.
She added: 'We're okay here… staying home is fine with us, and this community is wonderful. I'm lucky to be here, the spirit of the people is amazing! The US and the UK are failing miserably, however.'
Asked about being in Italy during the shutdown, she said: 'I'm in Pordenone province, about an hour north of Venice. The lockdown is until April 3 … so far. We'll see what happens next.'
Hanks and his wife Rita, also 63, announced they had tested positive for the virus in Australia last Wednesday in an Instagram post, saying they had exhibited symptoms such as tiredness, chills, body aches and slight fevers.
The couple shared a photograph of themselves, along with an update on their condition, thanking fans for their continued support and advised them to stay safe.
Hanks wrote: 'Hello folks. Rita Wilson and I want to thank everyone here Down Under who are taking such good care of us. We have Covid-19 and are in isolation so we do not spread it to anyone else.
'There are those for whom it could lead to a very serious illness. We are taking it one-day-at-a-time. There are things we can all do to get through this by following the advice of experts and taking care of ourselves and each other, no?'
On Monday, it was revealed by People that the couple had since left the hospital and had rented accommodation where they will remain self-quarantining until advised by medical professionals.
The movie star was in Australia doing pre-production work on a biopic about singer Elvis Presley, in which he plays the late star's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, with actor Austin Butler in the role of Elvis.
Before their diagnosis, the couple had visited crowded Australian hotspots including Bondi Beach and the Sydney Opera House - raising fears that others were infected.
There was apparently some confusion within the White House over the weekend around the Oscar-winners condition after officials were told the Forrest Gump actor had been 'discharged'.
According to the Courier-Mail, the President took that to mean the actor had died and was preparing to announce his death on Twitter.
Australian-based US Embassy officials had to frantically seek assurances from health officials that Hanks was in fact alive.
The US embassy was assured the actor and his wife were both alive and their conditions had improved.
Hanks was the first major Hollywood star to publicly state that he has the virus that has sickened more than 125,000 people worldwide and killed more than 4,600.
Since then Idris Elba and former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko have tested positive, as well as some NBA players, including Kevin Durant.
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rip-tom-hanks-how-a-queensland-health-official-averted-donald-trump-twitter-disaster/news-story/8b8fc85535450bd46a7a42ff38a1222a
https://twitter.com/AustinSteinbart/status/1240853644196466689
https://twitter.com/VeteransAlways_/status/1240721473091915777
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love it
either he's fake, which makes him hilarious
or he's real, which makes him hilarious
trade you some silver bullion