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I might be getting confused on this. I think Matterhorn is right and it's actually triple-blinded but unblinded for the DMC and also the company at 28 days, so a bit of a mix.

@Matterhorn you may want to check that again.

Brysoa - it looks like updates are slow - the record wasn't even added until long after the trial started.
We know Bournemouth has started recruiting: https://www.rbch.nhs.uk/index.php?id=2974
And there was a tweet from a doctor that suggests at least one other site active, I forget which.

@Ghia those adverts should have stopped by now, they have finally stopped recruiting for convalescent plasma on the Recovery trial. 1,873 deaths among 10,406 patients with zero lives saved.
On the plus side it's another one we can be absolutely positively certain doesn't work, and it's good that the biggest trial in the world has now confirmed what the other trials told us months ago.

Right. If you want to disagree with a specific claim that someone makes, go right ahead.
However, you've made yourself a strawman to attack, I have never made any such claims, there is no Fauci cult, many of us are interested in what Fauci has to say and like the guy.

You've also cluttered up this thread with a very large number of posts hammering an irrelevant point. I imagine sooner or later you'll say something interesting, but you are not making any contribution here, except to distract from the excellent news of Robert Winston's question in the Lords.

That's great, scinv. When it's all over, we can all compare notes on who called what right at which time.
In the meantime, I think you've lost sight of the objective, assuming you share it.
Progress is being made anyway.

That's not my point. When it was the only option, the medics and the media were highly enthusiastic. Of course they were, because when you start from a point of having nothing, every small advance is to be celebrated, and Remdesivir was the first to make it to patients at scale.

Everyone was all over Remdesivir when it was the only thing there was.

I am not touting anyone. I am very happy Fauci has a leading role and is no longer muzzled by an anti-science administration. As you do seem to acknowledge, Fauci will ultimately follow the science. He is a key player in this, of course we're going to be interested in what he has to say. I'm happy with any focus on antivirals, we know there are other drugs out there, and as it stands we still need everything we can get.

A reminder that we have been accepted on the US Governments' Activ-2 trials.

I understand your point but I genuinely don't understand why you're being an arse about it or whether you're just an arse.
Aren't we all on the same team here?

Well played sir.

Eminent, Immanent, I'm an ant, Immanuel Kant.

I think 3 years in a freezer and 5 years in a very cold freezer in bulk.

We must assess the viscosity. Stick your finger in it.

Mr Motivator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-OvGU5ro24
Come to think of it, I could do with some exercise.

That's a common misconception, the phrase is actually 'soggy selloffabob'

I propose that we get Thursday out the way tomorrow, and that will line us up nicely going into Friday.
From there, should see Monday within 2-3 days.

In RMs recent interview, he explained that authorisation depends on results and data, but there may also be a point where the accumulating data tips the balance. Where that point is also depends on a lot of external factors - but the new information we're getting on variants brings it closer, in my opinion.

Are you ignoring the granted patent for Influenza Like Illness? I suggest reading it, it is very valuable.

https://patents.google.com/patent/EP2544705A2/en