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Regarding Remdesivir, my cousin is a biochemist that works for the company that makes it. He admitted it wasn't the miracle cure everyone hoped for, but the market demanded something, so they rushed it out the door. What we should really be watching is the 2 experimental vaccines under development, one by UCLA (I think), and the other I forget...but the method in which these new vaccines works is totally different from vaccines already in the market. It works by dissolving the virus' cell membrane of most Coronaviruses (not just COVID-19). This means, other similar viruses, such as the common cold, could be eradicated using this novel vaccine! (Let's hope it works as they claim lol)
The drug company Pfizer has also a new vaccine being testing, and so far has a 95% success rate. I believe this is a traditional type of vaccine though (which is fine). Unfortunately, they don't have the manufacturing capacity to treat everyone. Only 50 million doses can be made by this year's end, and only half would go to the US, with the other half going to other countries. This is an order of magnitude less than what we need...
On a side note, this video about the Black Death really got to me:
We really are so lucky to live in this modern era...
Also, for those hoping for a quick end to this pandemic...keep in mind the Spanish Flu of 1918 (H1N1 virus) lasted 3 years, and the Black Death (Yersinia pestis) lasted 5 years. (Yes the Spanish Flu is the same H1N1 virus as the "Swine Flu" of 2009) So with how interconnected our modern world is, and how virulent COVID-19 is, I doubt we'll see a quick end to this...
Edit: Some statistical perspective

The drug company Pfizer has also a new vaccine being testing, and so far has a 95% success rate. I believe this is a traditional type of vaccine though (which is fine). Unfortunately, they don't have the manufacturing capacity to treat everyone. Only 50 million doses can be made by this year's end, and only half would go to the US, with the other half going to other countries. This is an order of magnitude less than what we need...
On a side note, this video about the Black Death really got to me:
We really are so lucky to live in this modern era...
Also, for those hoping for a quick end to this pandemic...keep in mind the Spanish Flu of 1918 (H1N1 virus) lasted 3 years, and the Black Death (Yersinia pestis) lasted 5 years. (Yes the Spanish Flu is the same H1N1 virus as the "Swine Flu" of 2009) So with how interconnected our modern world is, and how virulent COVID-19 is, I doubt we'll see a quick end to this...
Edit: Some statistical perspective

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