Pfizer says its potential coronavirus treatment won't start testing until August

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Pfizer says its potential coronavirus treatment won’t start testing until August​

Apr. 10, 2020 - 3:10 - Reaction and analysis from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.

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Dr. Siegal talks about (among other things), “protease inhibitors”.

I mentioned these here several weeks ago here on CAF based on a telephone discussion I had with a scientist.

Here is that again.

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PattyIt . . . I hadn’t read about ACE inhibitors having an effect on severity of Corona, yet. A major aspect of the mechanism of this disease that leads to death, is a hyperimmune response with autolysis of your own tissues. Basically the inflammatory mediators “digest” away your own lung tissue in certain susceptible people. If it gets extreme enough it can suffocate a victim. This can be mitigated by using a class of medications called serine protease inhibitors (according to a scientis…

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Tis_Bearself . . . While I agree with bringing production back home, I wasn’t aware there were any drugs effective against the COVID-19 virus. Theoretically serine protease inhibitors MAY help here. Q: Why? A: Well first of all they won’t help eliminate the virus. Q: OK Cathoholic. WHY would (may) serine protease inhibitors such as Camostat help Corona Virus victims. A: With serious morbidity associated with Corona Virus, people get a hyper-immune response. (I am talking about the …

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Their attorney will just say the patient NEEDED immunity. Not a lack of it. Having a greater understanding of WHY people die, helps bring light to WHY in some sense, immunosupression is beneficial (with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine). Stops a hyper-inflammatory response that can actually cause self-harm to lungs. Yet you would not want to immune supress totally (like with some of the anti-cancer agents). Because your recovery is dependent upon not just avoiding auto-destruction of your…

Remember. In Japan they are already using protease inhibitors for other diseases.

The Camostat I mentioned is a “protease inhibitor”.

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I think EVERYONE who wants to be tested should be.
As a matter of fact, I think the tests should be available over the counter, that ANYONE can order.
You should be able to order them from Amazon for instance.

If positive, take them in and show them to your doctor who presumably will do a more detailed/accurate test to confirm or reject the over the counter (OTC) test result and proceed as indicated.

I think these OTC viral tests should be in a “panel” format that ALSO tests for influenza A and B, RSV, and perhaps several others.

We COULD have done this years before (at least for other viruses) like Hillary were busy pushing abortion pills to be OTC.

If we REALLY want to isolate viruses, much more diligent surveillance will need to take place.

The best surveillance, would be from the individual.