Marilyn Singleton, MD @MSingletonMDJD

Dexamethasone - Common Drug Improves COVID-19 Survival in Trial

https://twitter.com/MSingletonMDJD/status/1272934089377497088

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Dexamethasone, the familiar glucocorticoid, reduced deaths in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe disease by one-third compared to those receiving usual care, according to topline interim results from the RECOVERY trial released early Tuesday.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87086

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Low-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19

In March 2020, the RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial was established as a randomised clinical trial to test a range of potential treatments for COVID-19, including low-dose dexamethasone (a steroid treatment). Over 11,500 patients have been enrolled from over 175 NHS hospitals in the UK.

On 8 June, recruitment to the dexamethasone arm was halted since, in the view of the trial Steering Committee, sufficient patients had been enrolled to establish whether or not the drug had a meaningful benefit.

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https://www.recoverytrial.net/files/recovery_dexamethasone_statement_160620_v2final.pdf

People used as pawns [controlled].

Look at [Them]; do NOT look at US!

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Projection

https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1272351454687145984

Yahoo Finance

Valerie Jarrett talks protests, defunding police, and criminal justice reform

June 16, 2020

As Black Lives Matter protests continue to gain strength across the United States, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama Valerie Jarrett says the country might have reached “a turning point.”

“It feels different this time,” Jarrett told Yahoo Finance.

“And I'm hesitant to say we've reached the turning point, but I do think this is more than an inflection. I do think it's the beginning of a turning point. And the question will be, can we sustain this effort over time?”

The top Obama official says that the protests and demonstrations have been “incredibly positive,” with people of all races, backgrounds, and ages participating.

“I also think that those demonstrations have yielded results right away,” she said, citing the appointment of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to the George Floyd case and the increased severity of charges against the officers.

“That's the kind of swiftness that I think people know resulted from the pressure. We've seen cities around the country already ban the chokehold, states do the same. The federal government is looking at a bipartisan bill at police reform – something you would not have imagined six months ago.”

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-obama-advisor-valerie-jarrett-talks-protests-defunding-police-and-criminal-justice-reform-122130901.html

>>9634633

>Dexamethasone

NIHR Research @NIHRresearch

The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial has shown that dexamethasone, a steroid, significantly reduces the risk of dying from #COVID19 for seriously ill patients requiring respiratory intervention - a major breakthrough

2-min "slide show" vid

https://twitter.com/NIHRresearch/status/1272875390160289793

0.6% of our population has about 50% of the deaths.

Kenneth Fisher, M.D. @kennethafisher

The U.S. death toll from Covid-19 in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities has topped 50,000, state data show. https://wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-deaths-in-u-s-nursing-long-term-care-facilities-top-50-000-11592306919 via @WSJ 0.6% of our population has about 50% of the deaths. We focussed on a lockdown instead of extra caution for he vulnerable.

https://twitter.com/kennethafisher/status/1272926927297236994

https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-deaths-in-u-s-nursing-long-term-care-facilities-top-50-000-11592306919

small Texas hospital is finding ways to save COVID-19 patients

HOUSTON — Before the doctor unzipped his COVID unit’s plastic curtain, he grabbed a laminated photo from a hook labeled “Faces Behind the Mask.” He draped the ribbon holding the photo over his protective suit so patients could see who he was: Dr. Joseph Varon, 58, bald and trim with intense blue eyes.

Varon entered the 20-bed unit hyper as usual, rustling through the airlock of an entrance like an astronaut, raising the final curtain with hands coated in several sets of black rubber gloves.

A lung doctor specializing in intensive care, he’d managed emergency rooms at larger hospitals, spoken a half-dozen languages in clinics around the world. When SARS erupted in Asia, Varon flew to Singapore to learn how to treat it. Now he was pulling 20-hour shifts, phoning medical students late at night to scan the latest research.

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(long read)

https://twitter.com/kksheld/status/1272951145657438209

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-15/this-small-texas-hospital-is-finding-ways-to-save-covid-19-patients

https://youtu.be/UK0V0FpnBxM

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>small Texas hospital is finding ways to save COVID-19 patients

>https://youtu.be/UK0V0FpnBxM

Dr. Joseph Varon is fighting COVID-19 as Texas reopens and admissions increase.

Los Angeles Times

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