I really wish the general public was not so science illiterate. So, I will state this from the start as most probably won't read beyond this ... dexamethasone is NOT a cure for getting #coronavirus or preventing #Covid19.
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Dexamethasone is a steroid based relatively strong anti-inflammatory. Where it helped, was with #covid19 patients that had sadly progressed to being vented / or O2 and Dexamethasone helped reduce the severity of the dreaded cytokine storm ...thus reducing mortality #coronavirus
Dexamethasone is something that will ONLY be helpful in the most seriously sick. You would NOT want to take this early stage, IMHO ... but the nuance of this will be lost on people. Trust me, it would be best not to get 2 the point where you would need a Dexamethasone treatement.
It also does NOT overlap with Remdesivir, an antiviral treatment that has been shown2 shorten recovery time 4 people with #coronavirus. Or stated in different way, helps 2 shorten the time needed to clear the virus. Remdesivir is likely beneficial early on & Dexamethasone is NOT
Already seeing people call this a cure! Its NOT. So here we go again. Goal is 2 decrease people needing a vent! Heres actual study details. Dont get me wrong it appears to be a well done study & clearly shows Dexamethasone helps in the really #Covid19 sick recoverytrial.net/files/recovery…
Just don't be these people ... Dexamethasone is NOT a cure. Actually I am not even sure that top tweet is accurate? Need to check that. Again the cost of the drug does not correlate to any kind of benefit. Not sure why that always seems 2b a PRIMARY concern. #covid19 #coronavirus 
I agree this is likely a big deal for people on a vent ... but pretty sure we haven't yet found out about all the lasting damage some of the most sick #covid19 patients have suffered. Again don't be this guy (sideburns aside) .. Dexamethasone is NOT a cure. #coronavirus
Best preventative thing to do right now, without much downside risk, IMHO is to make sure u are not vitamin D deficient (don't overdo it). Future studies in this area may in fact show even more lives were saved by reducing # of vitamin D deficient people
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Ah I see what they did in that tweet further up in my thread... and its clever. Dexamethasone NOT a cure. #covid19 #coronavirus
It will be interesting in the coming days to see who continues to push the "dexamethasone is a cure for coronavirus" narrative. Almost looks like this is going to be a rallying cry for the pro-Boris conservatives in the UK .. @marcowenjones maybe heads up on this. Not sure??
