New COVID-19 treatments on horizon as pandemic remains relentless
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Updated: 5:55 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021
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Updated: 5:55 PM EDT Apr 28, 2021
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THE CLOUDS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ARE YET TO CLEAR, BUT WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH THE STORM. WE ARE MORE WELL EQUIPPED NOW TO TAKE IT OF BOTH COVID-19. TUITION AS WELL AS THE LONG HAULER SITUATION DR. CHAITANYA MOUNT APOCALO WORKS WITH COVID PATIENTS EVERY DAY AT SAINT ELIZABETH HOSPITALS. HE HAS FROM THE BEGINNING. HE SAYS AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF COVID-19 HAS ENHANCED TREATMENT COVID DISEASE ITSELF IS A SPECTRUM. IT HAS MANY DIFFERENT STAGES. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS FOR DIFFERENT STAGES THAT COMBINED WITH BETTER. TESTING HAS HELPED BUT RESEARCHERS ARE ALSO WORKING ON NEW AND BETTER TREATMENTS. IT’S BEING ATTACKED ON MANY FRONTS. TIM SCHROEDER IS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CTI BASED IN CINCINNATI AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THEY DID RESEARCH ON THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE AND ARE ALSO WORKING ON NEW TREATMENTS FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS. WE HAVE ALMOST THREE DOZEN DIFFERENT ONES. WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON AND THEY RUN THE SPECTRUM FROM THE MOST CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS TO THE ONES WHO ARE MODERATELY ILL TO THE ONES WHO ARE NOT EVEN SYMPTOMATIC YOU SEE IS TESTING ANOTHER COVID TREATMENT RIGHT NOW AND AN ELIZABETH JUST FINISHED A TREATMENT TEST. SO WE ARE NOT SITTING BACK AND SAYING WHAT WE HAVE IS GOOD ENOUGH. WE’RE STILL ACTIVELY WORKING ON WHAT MORE WE CAN DO NOW NEW TREATMENTS ON THE HORIZON SIGNAL THE WINDS OF CHANGE ARE COMING NOW DOCTORS SAY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO TREAT COVID-19 IS TO PREVENT IT ALTOGETHER AND THE BEST WAY WE HAVE OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW ARE VACCINES. BRIAN HAMR