FAUCI: THIS COVID DRUG MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK
FAUCI: THIS COVID DRUG MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK "WHAT IT HAS PROVEN IS A DRUG CAN BLOCK THIS VIRUS." BY VICTOR TANGERMANN A coronavirus vaccine is likely still years out — but that isn’t discouraging research into potentially life-saving drug treatments for COVID-19 patients. One drug in particular is currently drawing the attention of experts. White House health advisor Anthony Fauci said yesterday that early trials of antiviral drug remdesivir, produced by Gilead Sciences, showed “quite good news,” as CNBC reports. The trial was conducted by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and involved 1,063 patients. Fauci told reporters that the NIAID trial showed a “clear-cut positive effect in diminishing time to recover.” But that doesn’t mean remdesivir is a miracle solve-all fix. The difference in the number of deaths of those who took it and in a placebo group “has not yet reached statistical significance,” according to Fauci. Mortality rate w...