ORLANDO, Fla. – The drug remdesivir is being called the new standard of COVID-19 care by Dr. Anthony Fauci. "The data shows that remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery," Fauci said.
A clinical trial showed it can block coronavirus and speed recovery time. Hospitalized patients who took the drug recovered in 11 days compared to 15 for those given a placebo, a 31% improvement.
Drew McDonald was hospitalized with COVID-19 and was one of the patients who participated in the nationwide study. “It got real for me when I lay down Sunday night and couldn’t breathe,” he said. “By the time I left the hospital, I was already improving drastically." McDonald still does not know whether he was given