Posted on 08/02/2014 2:04:14 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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And while Ebola is lethal, it's rare. Outbreaks are unpredictable, giving doctors few chances to test new treatments. While the current epidemic is the largest recorded, the number of people sickened by Ebola is small compared to the number killed by other diseases like malaria or dengue. Much of the funding for Ebola research is from governments that worry about the virus being used in a bioterror attack.
"It's not economically viable for any company to do this kind of research because they have stockholders to think about," said Ben Neuman, a virologist at the University of Reading in Britain.
There are about a half dozen Ebola drugs and vaccines in development, several of which have received funding from the U.S. One drug developed by the U.S. Army has shown promising results when tested in monkeys.
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It ain’t no joke I’d like to buy the world a toke
And teach the world to sing in perfect harmony
And teach the world to snuff the fires and the liars
Hey I know it’s just a song but it’s spice for the recipe
This is a love attack I know it went out but it’s back.
It’s just like any fad it retracts before impact
And just like fashion it’s a passion for the with it and hip
If you got the goods they’ll come and buy it just to stay in the clique
Twenty-five years ago they spoke out and they broke out
Of recession and oppression and together they toked
And they folked out with guitars around a bonfire
Just singin’ and clappin’ man what the hell happened
Then some were spellbound some were hellbound
Some they fell down and some got back up and
Fought back ‘gainst the melt down
And their kids were hippie chicks all hypocrites
Because fashion is smashin’ the true meaning of it
It ain’t no joke when a mama’s handkerchief is soaked
With her tears because her baby’s life has been revoked
The bond is broke up so choke up and focus on the close up
Mr. Wizard can’t perform no godlike hocus-pocus
So don’t sit back kick back and watch the world get bushwhacked
News at 10:00 your neighborhood is under attack
Put away the crack before the crack puts you away
You need to be there when your baby’s old enough to relate
(SMASH MOUTH - Walkin on the Sun)
There is no cure for any virus... including the common cold.
We can only prevent or hinder growth via treatments to allow our own immune system to fight it as it was designed to.
You know,,, the one where her ancestor was a Zulu Princess.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=favipiravir++ebola
Ebola Zaire.
If you were an African who had contracted e. Zaire would you particularly care if it were a ‘mouse model’ study?
I've read the 'low' death rate is because the infection is spreading: many new cases in the denominator haven't had it long enough to die and show up in the numerator.
There’s actually tons of research going on not for profit into ebola and things like it. Right here, in America, there’s plenty of Salks still out there. Some diseases though are just too nasty to cure, especially species jumpers like ebola.
There’s BEEN a break out in America. Still no vaccine. Not everything is curable.
Ummmmmmmmm..........dummy comment..
Has nothing to do with stockholders, it has to do with recouping research and production costs. (not that finding a cure for this crap is easy and stockholders forbid it, lol)
Both Britain and the US, and nearly every other Western nation to some degree or another has a Sovereign publically funded agency, complete with the most up-to-date labs and some of the smartest people on the planet..(so they say)
It is the function of these tax paid entities to deal with issues like this. Largely because some has to pay for it, and it certainly will not be Africa or the Ebola prone regimes.
So it's not stockholders holding the process hostage as he indicated, it's the government failure. His own government since he is the one offering such sage analysis.
All drugs appear to have side effects, even the most widely used drugs.
You are ingesting a foreign chemical...
What could go wrong...?
A lot, and yes I know all drugs and herbs have side effects. Wild Yam and Black Cohosh have the same GI side effects of HRT drugs.
I’m a prime example. My reaction sheet is a full type written page long, with all the Cholesterol, HRT, OA, OP and several similar drugs listed as a batch. If I react to 1, I will react to all in that class. My body sees most drugs as poison.
The incestuous relationship. And no the FDA is not about safety any longer.
Big Pharma operates at a level far above the president and answers to no one. They are the ones pulling the strings of the purses, not the other way around.
50’s is a good estimate.
The way our pharmaceutical operates has nothing to do with ebola or any other diseases.
Their primary concern is creating and maintaining patents.They have zero interests in cures. Cures greatly reduce profit.
Treatment is where the cash is.
That is really hard to say.
Some Africans do not believe Ebola is real. And other diseases kill far more Africans every year.
In any case, I doubt the average African is reading much medical literature about Ebola drug candidates.
That is really hard to say.
Some Africans do not believe Ebola is real. And other diseases kill far more Africans every year.
In any case, I doubt the average African is reading much medical literature about Ebola drug candidates.
It is true that we cannot really calculate the case fatality rate without knowing the disposition of every case that has been identified. However, enough people are surviving and the outbreak has been going on for sufficient time to estimate how fatal this outbreak is.
Ebola is scary. But what scares me even more is rabies... it is 100% fatal once symptoms appear. And we have it here.
The point is, they’re not being given a choice.
There are obviously compounds that have been tested in ebola experiments that worked.
In the case of this compound it’s already in phase III human clinical studies for another virus’s treatment.
Why isn’t it being offered to staunch the flow of dead people there?
I don’t know. There are certainly FDA rules that allow for the use of experimental drugs, with proper consent. And if I were at high risk of dying from a horrible disease, I think I’d want to try the drugs.
"Look at the Nexium commercial do you hear the words Bone Density causing drug or Barret’s Esophagus ? Long term use of these acid blocking drugs are responsible for that."
PPIs prevent Barrett's esophagus they don't cause it.
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