You'd be thankful if one of you or yours were "the one", though. As I would be too.
That is not in question. I'm questioning the maths. Is that so wrong?
Is it normal to level such silly questions and comments at people who question the maths?
Durhamplumber's "shooting it down in flames"
Mottie's "had my aunt been born etc"
Your "if one of yours etc"
I'm questioning the maths, for Christ's sake. Get off your 'defence of government at all costs' hobby horse.
As far as I can see, it is not the wonder drug it is touted as. Additionally the maths look suspect.
1 in 8 is not a third, and 1 in 25 is not a fifth.
On top of that, only 1 in 20 would be potentially eligible for this treatment. It's effect on the virus is null.
Granted its treatment of the tiny minority could be life-saving. (1 in 8 or 1 in 25).
Additionally, the drug is not manufactured in UK (I suspect) hence the stockpiling and banning of export.
So while the discovery of its effectiveness on the small minority of patients might be a UK discovery, the drug is not a UK discovery and is not manufactured in UK. Therefore with all the testing of existing drugs going on around the world, it is pure chance that a trial in UK discovered the effect of the drug. Obviously, cooperation around the world (via WHO?) meant that the same trials were not being duplicated.
For those receiving oxygen it saved one patient's life of 25 patients treated (cutting deaths by about a fifth). For those on ventilators, it saved a patient's life of 8 patients treated (cutting deaths by about a third).
It has no effect on whether someone gets the virus or on the severity of the virus caught. Nor does it help those who are mildly affected by the virus, indicating that it works by treating particular symptoms rather than the virus itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexamethasone
The maths still do not seem to add up, to me. ('scuse the pun).
If those making silly and irrelevant comments could explain the maths, it would be much more helpful.
