by Ty Davison | May 18, 2020 | News & Commentary
Most drugs don’t work, but a vaccine looks promising. With one notable exception, the war isn’t going so well on the pharmaceutical front: Although scientists and stock markets have celebrated the approval for emergency use of remdesivir to...
by Ty Davison | May 4, 2020 | News & Commentary
The move to convalescent plasma as a frontline treatment has been frustratingly slow. This was an obvious treatment choice (to me at least) back in March. On the brighter side, we continue to see success stories that involve convalescent plasma. We’re also...
by Ty Davison | May 3, 2020 | News & Commentary
More about a pulse oximeter.
by Ty Davison | Mar 5, 2020 | News & Commentary
The COVID-19 fatality rate is very high compared to influenza. The broad expectation is that increased testing will show the actual rate (collectively 3.4% right now according to the WHO) is lower.Crucially, the fatality rate is highly age-dependent and adults,...
by Ty Davison | Mar 4, 2020 | News & Commentary
Some COVID-19 notes from today’s Reddit AMA with a bunch of doctors tracking the virus:• A few infected folks are asymptomatic. They test positive and are infected but have no symptoms.• Around 80% of people infected will have a mild illness, low-grade fever...
