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Data on Gilead’s remdesivir show no benefit for coronavirus patients

#OopsMyBad #Busted 🤔

Yes you read this right. The WHO criticized a drug and used a reference that was neither peer reviewed or published 🙄…Then they removed it as if no one would notice.


The antiviral medicine remdesivir from Gilead Sciences failed to speed the improvement of patients with Covid-19 or prevent them from dying, according to results from a long-awaited clinical trial conducted in China. Gilead, however, said the data suggest a “potential benefit.”

A summary of the study results was inadvertently posted to the website of the World Health Organization and seen by STAT on Thursday, but then removed.

“A draft manuscript was provided by the authors to WHO and inadvertently posted on the website and taken down as soon as the mistake was noticed. The manuscript is now undergoing peer review and we are waiting for a final version before WHO comments on it,” said WHO spokesperson Daniela Bagozzi.

Xenex robots get stamp of approval for COVID-19 elimination

Xenex Disinfection Services found out today its ultraviolet light technology is 99.9 percent effective in eradicating the virus, according to the Texas Biomedical Research Center.

“This is what the world has been looking for„” says Xenex CEO Morris Miller, “to make sure there’s a device that can actually kill the real virus.”

Xenex robots cost $125,000 and are now being ordered by hospitals, hotels, airlines and even the Governor of Texas.


SAN ANTONIO — A local company has learned its robot completely removes COVID-19 from rooms and masks. Xenex Disinfection Services found out today its ultraviolet light technology is 99. 9 percent effective in eradicating the virus, according to the Texas Biomedical Research Center. “This is what the world has been looking for„” says Xenex CEO Morris Miller, “to make sure there’s a device that can actually kill the real virus. ”.

Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of Alzheimer’s plaques

Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, affecting one in 10 people over the age of 65. Scientists are engineering nanodevices to disrupt processes in the brain that lead to the disease.

People who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease have a specific type of plaque, made of self-assembled molecules called β-amyloid (Aβ) , that build up in the brain over time. This buildup is thought to contribute to loss of neural connectivity and . Researchers are studying ways to prevent the peptides from forming these dangerous plaques in order to halt development of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain.

In a multidisciplinary study, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, along with collaborators from the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), have developed an approach to prevent plaque formation by engineering a nano-sized device that captures the dangerous peptides before they can self-assemble.

Grandfather miraculously beats coronavirus on his 107th birthday

Rudolph Heider who survived the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, and World War Two has beaten Coronavirus on his 107th birthday.


A great-great-grandfather who lived through the Spanish Flu, Great Depression and World War II has now conquered coronavirus — just in time for his 107th birthday.

Rudolph ‘Rudi’ Heider battled the deadly virus for weeks while quarantined at a nursing home in Chesterfield, Missouri.

On Tuesday his family finally received the joyous news that he’d been cleared to come out of isolation after reaching the two-week mark without any symptoms.

Hidden symmetry found in chemical kinetic equations

Rice University researchers have discovered a hidden symmetry in the chemical kinetic equations scientists have long used to model and study many of the chemical processes essential for life.

The find has implications for drug design, genetics and biomedical research and is described in a study published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To illustrate the biological ramifications, study co-authors Oleg Igoshin, Anatoly Kolomeisky and Joel Mallory of Rice’s Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) used three wide-ranging examples: protein folding, enzyme catalysis and motor protein efficiency.

In each case, the researchers demonstrated that a simple mathematical ratio shows that the likelihood of errors is controlled by kinetics rather than thermodynamics.

Fox News John Roberts & New York Times Caught on Hot Mic Discussing COVID-19 as a Hoax & Vaccinated

“Everybody here’s been vaccinated anyway”

“It’s a hoax”

Given that I can’t see the man talking’s mouth due to his face mask I have trouble blindly assuming this video is true. Is that my own cognitive dissonance though? Was awfully weird to see Pence walking around the Mayo Clinic face mask less. Almost seemed to me like he felt like he had protection against the virus. Was it just his religious faith that inspired him to act with such little caution or is there something big here that we aren’t being told?


Fox News’ John Roberts Caught on Hot Mic Discussing COVID-19 as a Hoax.
& said “everyone here has been vaccinated anyway!”

Video became Viral after it captured an informal exchange between Roberts and New York Times photographer Doug Mills.

Los Angeles is first major US city to offer free coronavirus tests to all residents

That’s how you do it.


Los Angeles became the first major city in the US to offer free coronavirus tests to every resident — even ones not experiencing symptoms, officials announced Wednesday.

Under the program, which also applies to everyone residing in all of Los Angeles County, those with symptoms including fever, cough and shortness of breath, and front-line workers will still be prioritized, Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Twitter.

Tests can be given on the same day or day after residents make an appointment for one.

Superpower drive to lure companies out of China post-virus gathers momentum

This is the first in a series of five stories exploring the global backlash that China may face as a result of its actions and rhetoric during the coronavirus pandemic. The first story examines the push by foreign powers to bring home production of some goods, particularly vital medical equipment and medicines, due to an overreliance on China exposed by the pandemic.


The coronavirus has again highlighted an over-reliance on China, with the United States, Japan and the European Union drawing up separate plans to lure their companies away. Illustration: Adolfo Arranz.

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