clear cut?? this paragraph rather puts a damper on the enthusia$m…
The study tracked two groups of patients who were hospitalized with Covid-19. One group received a 5-day treatment of remdesivir, while the other group took the drug for 10 days. The researchers said more than half of the patients in both treatment groups were discharged from the hospital within 14 days. They said 64.5% of the patients who received the shorter treatment course were discharged, compared with 53.8% of the group who were treated for 10 days.
This means a shorter course was less dangerous than a longer course—is one way to say it. Without a control arm though, one cannot say that OR that they did “better” than people who received no RDV.
Shoddy “science” does not help patients or physicians to make best treatment decisions.
George M. Carter