To strip out the jargon – they’re saying it works. What we don’t know is how well, in whom or what the strength of that evidence is.

The only hint is remdesivir was more effective when given early. The company said: “62% of patients treated early were able to be discharged from the hospital, compared with 49% percent of patients who were treated late.

We’re going to have to wait for the full US data before we know for sure.

Anything that reduces PWIP can only be a good thing ensuring unlikely hospitial overload

Yes I probably could have worded it better. 👍

Seems to me one of the biggest issues with the capacity we have currently is it's concentrated in a few large testing areas and therefore not being utilised properly as getting to it is a problem. Couple that with the fact it's only recently been made easier to access even those inconvenient centres and you can see why the number of tests done is noticeably below the theoretical system capacity. 

To really ramp up testing you'll need an effective postal distribution coupled with a lot more local testing centres so people with mild symptoms and those living with them can get to them without spending 2 hrs + getting there and back.

The RCT says the opposite; it doesn't work.

To put it another way, remdesivir is as likely to make it worse than it is to make it better.

A plan is not a OPEN

My wife and I received emails from our Member of Parliament today, telling us we are eligible for testing should we have symptoms (we don't) and where to go to get one. The only problem I can see going forward, is for those people without transport to the test site (it is 20 miles from where we live - not a problem for us). We cannot offer a lift to anyone without transport who requires a test for obvious reasons.

Time for us to take over?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/29/government-rushes-out-request-for-experts-bolster-sage-panel?CMP=share_btn_tw

Isle of Wight being considered for trials of virus tracking app. Good idea, as the population is restricted, basically, to staying on the Island.

But given the reputation of the time-warp which applies there, do the Islanders know what smart phones are?

https://www.islandecho.co.uk/government-consider-isle-of-wight-for-coronavirus-app-trial/

Totally agree with that , this is a situation no government has ever been in , the hindsight club always know best .

Nice to see that the BBC is by far and away the most trusted source. It has been very good in this crisis with its general programmes but the quality of reporters' questions have dropped significantly in my opinion.

You can be the first to try a pint of coronavirus . 

This panorama stuff doesn't help though.

Every single one intervewed is a Labour activist?! They couldn't find one healthcare worker that wasn't a payed up member of Momentum? 

People are right to say that political affiliations don't technically mean the point they are making is invalid, but still there is a bit of a conflict of interest.

This could get interesting or mad in a bit

Plan for Opening Up America Again
https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

Dr Anthony Fauci, the US government's top infectious-disease expert, says he is optimistic about early results of a trial examining an experimental treatment for coronavirus.

The drug, remdesivir, is an anti-viral that was initially developed as a treatment for Ebola.

"The data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery," Dr Fauci said.

Early data shows that the treatment improves recovery for patients from 15 to 11 days, Dr Fauci said. These results may not "seem like a knockout", he added, but "it has proven that a drug can block the virus".

The trial was run by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and has not yet been published.

Dr Fauci's announcement came as the Lancet medical journal published the details of another remdesivir trial in China.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52466471

He does have a rather strange penchant for targets he is never capable of meeting though!

Mr T is due to bark about it in above link now live

quote=Brian Gaze;1210736]

Dr Anthony Fauci, the US government's top infectious-disease expert, says he is optimistic about early results of a trial examining an experimental treatment for coronavirus.

The drug, remdesivir, is an anti-viral that was initially developed as a treatment for Ebola.

"The data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery," Dr Fauci said.

Early data shows that the treatment improves recovery for patients from 15 to 11 days, Dr Fauci said. These results may not "seem like a knockout", he added, but "it has proven that a drug can block the virus".

The trial was run by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and has not yet been published.

Dr Fauci's announcement came as the Lancet medical journal published the details of another remdesivir trial in China.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52466471