Has Trump noticed yet? Maybe it's OK?
"This is the only drug so far that has been shown to reduce mortality, and it reduces it significantly. It's a major breakthrough," Dr. Peter Horby, chief investigator on the study, said in a statement. Head researcher Dr. Martin Landray added that the drug's low cost would lead to an even greater impact."There is a clear, clear benefit. The treatment is up to 10 days of dexamethasone and it costs about £5 per patient. So essentially it costs £35 to save a life. This is a drug that is globally available," he said, emphasizing that for every eight patients on ventilators that are treated with the drug, one life could be saved.
Well, maybe, but it's not a vaccine!
The only other drug that has shown promise in a clinical setting for treating coronavirus is remdesivir, an experimental antiviral treatment that has shown promise in treating patients early in the infection's onset.