ATHLETE WELCOME BACK THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS GIVEN
EMERGENCY
USE AUTHORIZATION TO THE
ANTIVIRAL DRUG REMDESIVIR YEAR
TO TREAT HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS
WITH COVID-19.
THE MAKER GILEAD SCIENCES IS
DONATING ONE 0.5 MILLION VIALS
OF
THE DRUG AND WE’LL WORK WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
DISTRIBUTE IT TO PATIENTS IN
NEED. JOINING ME NOW WITH MORE
ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AS DOCTOR
MOHAMMAD REZA WITH MAYO CLINIC.
DOCTOR MEL THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN THIS MORNING.
YOU’RE WELCOME THANK AROUND
LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS
DEVELOPMENT THIS IS A MAJOR
NEWS FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19 SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS
THIS DRUG AND HOW DOES IT WORK.
>> REMDESIVIR THERE IS A BROAD SPECTRUM, ANTIVIRAL MEDICATION COVID-19
VIRUS SO THE WAY IT WORKS
IS DECREASES HOW THE VIRUS CAN
MAKE COPIES OF ITSELF. A COUPLE
INTERESTING THINGS THIS IS
THERE
WAS FIRST PRODUCE TO TREAT
EBOLA VIRUS INFECTION.
SO WE KNOW FROM THAT DATE OF
THAT.
IT HAS BEEN SAFELY USED
IN HUMANS. SO THAT’S ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT WAS FAST AND
CLINICAL STUDIES. OTHERS ARE
THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF
NOT SHOWN THAT IT COULD GET MORE COMMON CORE OF OUR SON’S ACTIONS. WELL TO TREAT CALL.
WORSE.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YEAH, IT’S
FASCINATING TO HEAR THIS DRUG
WAS REALLY CREATED.
>> 4 OTHER. >>ZAC LASHWAY: OUTBREAKS IF YOU WILL PANDEMICS LIKE YOU JUST
SAID WITH THE EBOLA VIRUS IN
THE PAST AND HOW DID IT COME
TO FRUITION AND APPROVE NOW
OBVIOUSLY YOU SAID IT WAS SAFE
TO USE BECAUSE IT’S BEEN TESTED
BEFORE. BUT THIS IS REALLY
CRITICAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF
COVID-19 IN 2020.
>> IT’S SURE SO ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT LED TO THE APPROVAL
OF THIS
THE EMERGENCE USE OF THIS THERE
WAS A HUGE RELIEF
THAT SHOW AT A RANDOMIZED
CONTROL GROUP OF PATIENTS THAT
WAS CALLED IN DOCTOR KARIM 18
TREATMENT TRIAL. IT LOOKED AT
OVER A
1000 PATIENTS AND THE
PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWED THAT
PATIENTS RECEIVE FROM THE AIR.
A 3RD ONE PERCENT FASTER TIME TO WORK HARD AND THOSE WHO SEE WE’LL SEE HOW MANY NOT
THE MEDICATION. THE MEDIUM
TIRES RECOVERY WAS ABOUT
11 DAYS, PATIENTS WHO RECEIVED
REMDESIVIR COMFORT TO 15 DAYS
FOR THOSE
RECEIPTS PEOPLE. WELL THOSE
RESULTS ALSO SUGGEST THAT THERE
ARE MAYBE SOME
SURVIVOR BENEFITS WITH A
MORTALITY RATE OF 8% FOR PEOPLE
THAT ARE SUPER IMPRESSIVE
THERE’S A LOT OF 6% BUT THIS
WASN’T SIGNIFICANT AT
THIS POINT ON THE SAME WE NEED
TO LOOK AT AND MORE PEOPLE TO
GET TO SING
IT NOT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AS AN INFECTIOUS
DISEASE DOCTOR WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THOSE NUMBERS WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THOSE STATISTICS AND YOU SEE
THE DIFFERENCE OF 4 DAYS HOW
SIGNIFICANT IS THAT TO YOU.
>> SO THAT IS SIGNIFICANT THIS
IS SO WHAT TELL YOUR VIEWERS
THIS
IS NOT BUT YOU’RE PUTTING A
TEAM THAT’S PART OF THIS IS A
STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
SO
STILL WE WANT PEOPLE TO USE THE
MEASURES THAT WE KNOW CAN
DECREASE RATES OF TRANSMISSION
WHICH IS
SOCIAL DISTANCING WHICH IS
PROPER HANDWASHING WHICH IS
WHEN FACED WHEN WE DO GO
OUTDOORS SO WE STILL SEE PEOPLE
DYING OF THIS
FIRE SO THIS WILL DECREASE THE
TIME PEOPLE WE KNOW THAT
THIS VIRUS AND GRANTED THE
OFFICIAL IS USING HOSTLESS
PATIENTS THAT HAS TO DO WITH
INFECTION WITH LONG
INVOLVEMENT SO IT IS MINISTER
ID SO THAT IS SO SOMETHING HAS
LOOK AT ISSUES THAT ARE QUITE A
DEAL IN
THE OFFSEASON.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: ARE WE AWARE OF
ANY SIDE EFFECTS FOR PATIENTS
WHO WERE TREATED WITH THIS
DRUG.
>> SO THUS FAR.
>> WE HAVE DATA FROM WHEN IT
WAS USE A TREATABLE ONE OF THE
COMMON SIDE EFFECTS WAS UP.
ELEVATION LIVER ENZYME SOME
THAT CAN MEAN DAMAGE TO HER.
OTHER COMMON SIDE EFFECTS WITHIN TIGHT, NOT TOO LONG. >>ZAC LASHWAY: AND BEFORE I LET
YOU GO I REALLY WANT TO REMIND
OUR VIEWERS THAT YOU’VE BEEN
ACTIVE IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST
COVID-19 HERE LOCALLY
AND REALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY
YOU ALONG WITH A TEAM OF OTHER
DOCTORS
AND SPECIALISTS YOU’VE COME
TOGETHER TO AGREE 8 COVID ICAEW
DOT ORG REALLY QUICK WE’RE
RUNNING
ON TIME CAN YOU JUST REMIND
PEOPLE WHAT COVID ICAEW DOT ORG
IS AND HOW THEY CAN PARTICIPATE
IF THEY’D LIKE TO.
>> YES OUR GOAL WERE NOT
FOR PROFIT. WE WANT TO ENABLE
COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY
COVID-19 HOTSPOTS BY
GIVING CITIZENS. THE CHANCE TO
SELF REPORT THEIR SYMPTOMS ON
THE MUSEE USE TEXTING WHILE
WARM. WORLD BEEN TO GET AHEAD
OF THIS ENEMY BY SOME WERE REAL
TIME DATA IN YOU CAN JOIN US BY
TEXTING
TO GATHER 2, 2, O 3,
2 ’04, 9, 9, 6, 4 AND TAKE A
SHORT LESSON
THAT SIR. IT’S LIKE RUSSIAN UN
MEDICAL WORKER CAN COMMUNITY
HEALTH IN JACKSONVILLE DAYTONA
AND FACTIONS THE SPECIALS AND I
WERE KIDS
AS WELL.