The truth about why we need this COVID-19 treatment right now!
B y Grant Ellis, Director NovaBiotics Ltd On Monday we learnt from Sir Patrick Vallance, th e government’s Chief Scientific Adviser that Coronavirus will probably never disappear and a vaccine won't stop it completely. He also said that ministers and experts should stop 'over-promising' and be realistic about the prospects of a vaccine and the likely timeline of one, unlikely before spring next year. He the n echoed his earlier warnings and those of his colleague Professor Chris Whitty that the C OVID -19 fight will be a long one, and it will be with us for good. So, from this should we assume there is no ‘silver bullet’ for COVID -19 infections? What if there were a single treatment that: c ould stop the infection in its tracks, was anti-inflammatory; c ontrolling the immune system’s response to the infection and stopping it from overreacting dangerously , in cases where patients developed secondary bacterial infections in the lungs could supercharge antibiotics; boo