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To: Zhang Fei

There’s an issue with critically ill high risk people. If they’re initially treated with anti-virals and antibiotics their bodies won’t have time to produce antibodies for the virus. When they recover and are released they can easily be reinfected.

Was watching Youtube last night on Chinese treatment protocols. They classify patients into stages for treatment. Stages I and II are palliative care. Stage III is the person has produced antibodies and is fighting the virus. Only after this, in stage IV, are anti-virals and antibiotics administered. It ensures people have antibodies when released. But this is most likely is at the cost of at a significantly higher death rate. Only patients who can produce antibodies and show their body can fight the virus are considered for antivirals and antibiotic treatment.


46 posted on 03/27/2020 9:13:26 PM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: Justa

[There’s an issue with critically ill high risk people. If they’re initially treated with anti-virals and antibiotics their bodies won’t have time to produce antibodies for the virus. When they recover and are released they can easily be reinfected.]


Thanks. Make a lot of sense, and explains why the default isn’t to carpet bomb the bug with antivirals and antibiotics from the get-go.


47 posted on 03/27/2020 9:26:07 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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