Dr. Anthony Fawcett has a term for his industry peers.
In a conversation with the American Medical Association, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fu Si, said physicians need to be careful about their public statements. “Be absolutely apocalyptic,” he said. “Don’t get involved in any political aspect, and just focus on what your job as a scientist and therapist is. You do it, you’ll be fine. “
Speaking to AMA Executive Vice President and CEO James Madara, Foic said the treatment of when it is best to put people on a ventilator and how much oxygen to administer intravenously has improved significantly. “We are getting better at treating the disease. We know what works, what doesn’t, “he said.
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‘Don’t get involved in any political aspect, and just focus on what your job as a scientist and therapist is. You do it, you’ll be fine. ‘
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“We know that dexamethasone significantly reduces mortality in people in need of mechanical ventilation and / or in those in need of high flow oxygen,” Foi said during an interview on Saturday. “We have remedivisor for hospitalized patients who have lung involvement.” Using anticoagulants for some patients is also common for COVID-19 treatment, he said.
On Monday, Pfizer P.F.E.,
And Biotech BNTX,
Stated that their vaccine candidate BNT162B2 is 90% effective in the first intermediate analysis of Phase 3 studies in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Speaking before the news of their vaccine was released by Pfizer and Biontech, Fawcett said that the vaccine with 70% to 75% effectiveness would go in the right direction.
As of Monday, the U.S. About 10 million COVID-19 infections and 237,587 deaths were reported in India, ahead of India (about 8.5 million cases to date), according to Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. has a population of 328 million, compared to 1.35 billion in India. U.S. on Sunday. No. Daily infections peaked at 100,000, the fifth day of record-setting levels.
Fauqi has run a fine line between educating people about the coronavirus and President Trump. Last month, Trump targeted a campaign call and a tweet on the TWTR.
The campaign call calls it a “disaster” and laments its media coverage, but the PET immunologist told Americans to follow scientific data and stay out of the political arena.
“Every time he goes on television, there’s always a bomb,” Trump told the Associated Press. “But if you fire it, it’s a big bomb. But Fawcett is a disaster. “People are tired of listening to Faucy and all these stupid people,” Trump added.
President, 74, on Twitter Also criticized Foussi’s media urged people to wear masks and social distance, and came in contact with the doctor’s media: “Dr. Tony Fauci says we don’t allow him to do television, and yet I saw him last night at @ 60 minutes, and he seems to get more airtime than anyone from the late, great, Bob Hope. ”
Meanwhile, Fawcett has given the American public the same advice he gave to fellow scientists over the weekend. “My advice to young people is – unless you become a politician – stay away from politics and use science and good data to guide your policy.” “We are going through a time that is anti-science in some parts of our society,” Fawcett added.
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