Medical journals are full of COVD articles. The news is streaming about vaccination updates and new drug updates. There were 2700 new cases of COVID on May 1st in NYC. This is frightening as more and more people are trying to get tested. For me I fear that lifting restrictions will only make the number of cases go up and then the possibility of the number of deaths to go up.
I fear the death toll in the United States will increase.
There is hope that the company Gilead’s drug remdesivir might be better than previous reported. The FDA is now giving emergency authorization to the company . This could turn out to be good news. I want to state there are many anti viral herbs that I would use with much less side effects.
I have seen that the FDA and other medical authorities are downplaying the use of hydroxyquinine foir the use of COVID with or without zithromycin. There was a lot of hype rather than real data when ‘the man in the White House’ made his statement. I support its use and so does the data when it is used with autoimmune conditions as lupes, rheumatoid arthritis etc. A Massachusetts General Hospital doctor, Dr Mark Poznansky stated that patients with COVID on hydroxyquinine ( Plaquenil) did not do well . He states doctors should be thoughtful about using this drug in the context of an acute viral condition. It has been known and researched that this drug reduces immune function
There are reports of Pepcid ( Famoditiine) being used with some success. This drug is more benign than the above, but the data is not completed.
We as physicians need to be cautious and you as a patient need to be cautious. As I have stated We do not know enough about this supposed ‘virus’
Until tomorrow…