@IDSAInfo Super proud of our team! Hopeful that broad spectrum antivirals can be made available in pre-hospital settings including #ltcf#nursinghome soon.
CID: A 5-day course of #remdesivir was associated with approximately 17-fold increased odds of survival among 54 nursing home residents with SARS-CoV-2 infection during an outbreak from October to December 2020.
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#IDSAJournals#ClinInfectDis
COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities.
Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions.
Inequality is a comorbidity. COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations.