Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "FDA approves remdesivir to treat some Covid-19 patients" video.

  1. It's tamiflu.
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  2.  @droughttolerant9334  But why was testing on the blood supply not done until March 1985, the powerful gay lobby didn't want people outed. That is the same reason attempts to discover the HIV virus were suppressed. In 1978, a group of students at UCLA went to the head of virology and explained why they thought it had to be a retrovirus, not genetic as was being taught. We hoped to get into grad school on the strength of the plan we presented to discover that retrovirus. The head of the department yelled at us, saying "Do you think you are the first to realize this is a retrovirus? You cannot get funding for this research, it is politically proscribed! The gay lobby wants this to be linked to the gene for homosexuality. You will never get a grant." I know, because I led that group of students.
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  3. It wasn't developed for Ebola, but for something like SARS. When Ebola showed up, they tried it. But Ebola was never the intended target. Something like this pandemic was. It is a viral RNA polymerase inhibitor.
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  4. Development of this drug began in 2009. Is that quick? It was always meant to be used against a positive single stranded RNA virus, like a coronavirus or Hep C, never for a negative stranded virus like Ebola.
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  5. Since this drug's development began in 2009, it is hardly a rush.
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  6. Since it inhibits viral RNA polymerase, and you are not a virus, you should be safe.
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  7.  @DoveGirl  Who cares. This pandemic is not caused by a virus like Ebola is. SARS-Cov-2 is a positive single stranded RNA virus, Ebola is a negative single stranded RNA virus. They aren't the same, and don't have similar symptoms. And Remdesivir was not developed to use against Ebola, but another coronavirus or Hep C, another positive stranded RNA virus.
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  8. In order for a cure to be used it has to selectively kill the disease, but not the patient.
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  9. Gilead Labs is a US company. They hold the patent.
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  10. Development of Remdesivir began in 2009, and it was hoped to be useful against Hep C and something like SARS. It's development was not for Ebola, which arose in 2014. It was tried on Ebola, and failed, that does not make it a failed Ebola drug. It was always intended for a virus more like SARS. In vitro tests against SARS and MERS showed it to be effective against those coronaviruses. And when Covid -19 came on the scene, in vitro test also showed efficacy. That is why it was tried on Covid-19 patients.
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