A bit of good news on the COVID-19 front this week: New research reveals a drug that might actually help save severely ill patients, and data suggests that distancing policies may have saved millions of lives over the last few months.
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Dexamethasone
https://www.recoverytrial.net/files/recovery_dexamethasone_statement_160620_v2final.pdf
https://apnews.com/89d963958b042cc921e64ab3eff5a74d
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-020-0331-4
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00189
Non-pharmaceutical interventions
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2405-7
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2404-8
Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dexamethasone_structure.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cortisol2.svg
Hosted by: Hank Green
COVID-19 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsNB4peY6C6IQediwz2GzMTNvm_dMzr47
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
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Sources:
Dexamethasone
https://www.recoverytrial.net/files/recovery_dexamethasone_statement_160620_v2final.pdf
https://apnews.com/89d963958b042cc921e64ab3eff5a74d
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-020-0331-4
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00189
Non-pharmaceutical interventions
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2405-7
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2404-8
Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dexamethasone_structure.svg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cortisol2.svg
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