Politics Trump Owns Stock in Company that produces Hydroxycloroquine

Then Trump is not using the vernacular.

 

You’re probably right. The great thing for me was seeing these cool new studies on possible Covid-19 treatments. Interesting reads!

 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/univ...ook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

University: Research Team Developed ‘Breakthrough Technology’ That Could Block Coronavirus From Infecting Human Cells
James BarrettApril 23rd, 2020

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A team of researchers at the University of Louisville say they have developed a technology that could prevent the COVID-19 virus from infecting human cells by blocking its ability to replicate itself inside the body.


The researchers’ findings were reported Wednesday by the University of Louisville’s UofL News’ Baylee Pulliam, who covers research and innovation at the university. The “breakthrough technology,” writes Pulliam, “is believed to block the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells.”

“The technology is based on a piece of synthetic DNA – an ‘aptamer’ – which targets and binds with a human protein called nucleolin,” Pulliam explains. “Early tests show that this aptamer may stop viruses, including novel coronavirus, from ‘hijacking’ nucleolin to replicate inside the body.”

Because of the promising results of their early testing, the university is seeking to “fast-track development, including application to the Food and Drug Administration for approval to start treating patients seriously affected with COVID-19,” Pulliam writes.

The University of Louisville’s Paula Bates, John Trent and Don Miller, have applied the aptamer in multiple ways, Pulliam explains, including as a potential therapeutic drug for some types of cancer.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Bates, a professor of medicine, partnered with Kenneth Palmer, director of the university’s Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases (CPM), to see how the synthetic DNA would impact SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

(more info if you click the link)

 

that's interesting, although pretty short on details (not that I'd understand it if there were more details)

one thing I'm thinking is that even if there is a lot of trouble coming up with treatments for Covid, the worldwide focus on the science and medicine needed to combat this pandemic will almost certainly advance medicine in many other ways. For instance, the massive investment in the space program in the 60's & 70's spun off a wide array of new technologies....I think this pandemic might fuel a similar situation. Silver linings

 

Did you click the link? There was much more in the article. I think there were links to studies as well.

 

But his audience only knows vernacular.
Also, his use of the terms light and bleach lead most people down a different path than you envisage.

 

great...now people will start hoarding Tums

 

If my wife starts hoarding tums Im gonna cry. Every pregnancy she’s ate tums like candy in order to throw up less lol.

 

oh shit

if I get covid, they jack me full of estrogen, I survive, and then want to watch Jane Austen movies, I'll shoot myself.....better.....off.....dead

 

Caitlin Jenner is marked safe on facebook.

 

Hey, I once took that stuff but I began having these nasty dreams about me and Sly. I puked all over the place and on the poster of Sly hanging over my bed. This caused me to immediately call my doctor and told him we had to try something else. Shudder.

 

https://apple.news/APrSVHgDmQ0OG8ITf8Th-hw

Stocks extend surge, with Dow rallying 600 points to session high

Stocks jumped Wednesday on the back of positive data from a potential coronavirus treatment from Gilead Sciences, while investors digested a sharp drop in U.S. economic activity.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 605 points, or 2.5%. The S&P 500 gained 2.9% while the Nasdaq Composite traded 3.5% higher.

Wednesday's gains put the S&P 500 up more than 14% for the month. That would be the index's biggest one-month gain since 1974. The Dow is up 12.8% for April and is headed for its biggest monthly gain since 1987.

A study of Gilead's remdesivir drug conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases met its primary endpoint, the drugmaker said, lifting expectations for a potential coronavirus treatment. Gilead also released the results of its own study, which showed improvement in patients taking remdesivir to treat the virus. Gilead shares jumped 9.4% after a brief halt in the premarket.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said remdesivir shows a "clear-cut" positive effect when treating the virus.

"Markets are going to move like this on this kind of news," said Megan Horneman, director of portfolio strategy at Verdence Capital Advisors. "If we had a vaccination, then I think you would see a very different economic recovery. If we have treatments, I think you'll see a little bit quicker of an economic recovery."

"We'll take these days, but we're not investing or changing any of our asset allocation because one day," Horneman said.

Sentiment was also lifted as Alphabet shares gained 8.7% after the tech giant reported a revenue growth decline that was less steep than forecast. The company's YouTube ad revenues also beat expectations.

Other mega-cap tech stocks such as Facebook climbed 6.5%. Amazon gained 2.1% while Apple advanced 3.3%.

The Gilead news along with the strong move higher from Alphabet offset news of a steep drop in U.S. economic activity. U.S. GDP shrank by 4.8% in the first quarter for the country's biggest contraction since the financial crisis.

 

I guess a test with a sample size of 60k is a nothing burger. Maybe we need to share a test of 20 people dying holds more weight?

 

It’s a study on those already taking the medication and their infection rate. 65k is more than a nothing burger.

mags