mechanical ventilation Archives

Why Wearing A Non-Surgical Face Covering Makes It Worse.

25 September 2021

UK COVID-19 Mortality Rate. The most straightforward, simple and transparent measure of whether non-surgical face coverings work is that even now, over 18 months into the current insanity, the UK’s COVID-19 mortality rate is 3.27-times higher than the worldwide average (@0500UTC today, source: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center/Worldmeters). With the worldwide average being just what […]

These Are Not The Drugs You Are Looking For.

20 November 2020

Don’t Use Remdesivir. Just one month after the US Food and Drug Administration approved remdesivir as an antiviral for the treatment of patients with COVID-19, the WHO yesterday recommended that it not be used, on the basis that it is ineffective and there is “no evidence” it reduces mortality. Last month, we analysed remdesivir’s use […]

Remdesivir – an antiviral for a specific narrow group but a wonderdrug for everyone else?

23 October 2020

Antiviral Not Vaccine. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given full approval to remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19. Remdesivir has been receiving coverage since the early days of the Great Insanity – often touted as a wonderdrug – and has been in use on a compassionate patient-by-patient basis since late January as […]