I'm not a dr. but isn't an immunosupressive effect good if people are dying from cykotine storms due to overly agressive immune responses?
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Yup. They were arguing about whether steroids helped ARDS back when I was still a resident in the 1990s. The answer is: It appears not. Unless there are new data I'm not aware of. At the very least, it's very, very complicated.
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The experts at
@UCSF agree,@annieluet comments on steroids at end of interview:https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1242670180330700800 …John Mashey added,
John Mashey @JohnMashey1/ CREDIBLE INFO.@UCSF is a top medical school, watch 28min interview of Head of Medicine@Bob_Wachter & Infectious Disease expert Annie Luetkemeyer: why trials, what we do/don't know of drugs, timing, status & popular "cures", explained for *public*. https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1242601986186305536 …Show this thread5 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
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That was a somewhat-informal video amidst fast-moving events. See also more-detailed summary in https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1241520141638053888 … 1-24 where
@annieluet goes over the various drugs, roles they might play & much more detail on the (Hydroxy)Chloroquine issue: https://twitter.com/JohnMashey/status/1242229108924248064 … A-MJohn Mashey added,
John Mashey @JohnMasheyA/ Anyone interested/concerned about Trump's promotion of Chloroquine/ Hydroxychloroquine & Azithromycin Read this article: real trials are needed, as the French study was quite small & limited: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/22/why-trump-at-odds-with-medical-experts-over-malaria-drugs-against-covid-19/ …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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When I was at Bell Labs, one of 1st things new people learned was to look for real experts & listen to them (which was easy there for us in CMPSC.) I live near
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Dude, this is not evidence for the treatment. Just stop.

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agreed. it's not statistically significant.
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