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Covid-19 defeated with £5 drug treatment

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    #11
    So it reduces the mortality rate basically. But doesn't stop you getting very seriously ill if you were going to.
    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
    Originally posted by vetran
    Urine is quite nourishing

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      #12
      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
      Coronavirus: 'Major breakthrough' as UK scientists find GBP5 steroid cuts COVID-19 deaths | UK News | Sky News



      Stock markets to the moon!

      Actually I will wait for a certain someone to draw me a chart with lines and squiggles on.
      Found one:

      "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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        #13
        So you've got a better chance of surviving Covid but will end up having a tiny dick a d rage issues?
        'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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          #14
          Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
          So you've got a better chance of surviving Covid but will end up having a tiny dick a d rage issues?
          After all these years we now know.......
          Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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            #15
            Would you pay a fiver to get a chance, or spend it on fish & chips and then let the nature do its course?

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              #16
              Originally posted by d000hg View Post
              So it reduces the mortality rate basically. But doesn't stop you getting very seriously ill if you were going to.
              Piffle! That's Covid got done and sent packing!

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                #17
                Isn't it £5 per dose, rather than the whole course of treatment?

                I haven't bothered reading the article to see if that distinction has been made.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                  So you've got a better chance of surviving Covid but will end up having a tiny dick a d rage issues?

                  Old Smeg is a steroid suvivor!
                  Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                    Isn't it £5 per dose, rather than the whole course of treatment?

                    I haven't bothered reading the article to see if that distinction has been made.

                    On LBC this morning they were saying £5 a course.

                    The wail has it as 50p a day. Steroids are fairly established treatments so they don't have to be expensive. They have just reused this one because the experts thought 'maybe this will help'?

                    Former coronavirus patient says new miracle drug dexamethasone saved him | Daily Mail Online

                    Coronavirus survivor reveals how 'miracle' 50p-a-day drug dexamethasone 'saved his life' - as NHS approves the steroid dubbed 'biggest breakthrough yet' following trial that found it 'reduced risk of dying by up to 35%' in ventilated patients
                    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                      Coronavirus: 'Major breakthrough' as UK scientists find GBP5 steroid cuts COVID-19 deaths | UK News | Sky News



                      Stock markets to the moon!

                      Actually I will wait for a certain someone to draw me a chart with lines and squiggles on.

                      Up there with "$10billion US search for Bin Laden finds him in his own home."

                      Stop the world, it's time for a reboot.
                      The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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