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Steroids. Lots and lots of steroids.

The first thing they do now in the hospital is steroids, they learned after NY.

In the UK they had the Oxford study

https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-06-16-dexamethasone-reduces-d...

Yeah, I think it was in a thread on r/askscience with some nurses replying basically stating that the methods of treatment for infected patients has evolved as understanding has grown. Steroids was one item they mentioned, another was avoiding the respirator at almost all costs; which is part of why the demand for them has gone down now.

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