Fake News Alert: Elisa Granato, First Volunteer In Oxford Vaccine Trial Alive

According Fergus Walsh @BBCFergusWalsh via his Twitter account stated that he put a video call through to Elisa Granato, the first volunteer recipient of the Oxford COVID-19 jab human trial. In his words; “Fake news has been circulating on social media that the first volunteer in the Oxford vaccine trial has died. This is not true! I spent several minutes this morning chatting with Elisa Granato via Skype. She is very much alive and told me she is feeling β€œabsolutely fine” https://t.co/iWAtYaSkRZ ”   She is “ABSOLUTELY FINE” he reiterated.…

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Experimental Virus Drug Remdesivir Failed In COVID-19 Human Trial

-YOMMY AYILARA. Experimental Virus Drug Remdesivir Failed In COVID-19 Human Trial. The experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir has failed in its first randomized clinical experiment to treat the COVID-19 illness. This was reported on Thursday 23rd April, 2020, referring to draft documents where it was accidentally published by the World Health Organization. Gilead Sciences, the company behind the medicine, disputed how the now deleted post had characterized the findings, saying the data showed a β€œpotential benefit.” The Financial Times reported that researchers in China carried out a study on 237 patients,…

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