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Rebel Category: REBEL Covid-19

No Evidence that REGN-COV2 (Regeneron) Antibody Cocktail Has Clinical Benefits

Background: Antibodies targeted at the SARS-CoV2 spike protein are an essential part of the body’s immune response to COVID19 infection. The recent emergency use authorization (EUA) Pfizer and Moderna vaccines act by introducing mRNA into the body that instructs cells ...

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Infectious Disease

COVID-19 Update: The ChAdOx1 (AstraZeneca) COVID-19 Vaccine

Background Information: With rising cases, an increasing death toll, and a significant strain on hospital systems globally, the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to have no end in sight. The aggressive pursuit of a vaccine has led to multiple clinical trials starting before ...

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Infectious Disease

REBEL Cast Ep93: COVID-19 – A Follow Up on Not Intubating Early and ARDSnet

Back in April 2020, on REBEL Cast episode 79 we sat down to discuss COVID-19.  Specifically, we focused on not intubating patients early and why ARDSnet may not be the best ventilator paradigm for patients with COVID-19.  By popular demand, ...

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Infectious Disease

COVID-19 Update: Ivermectin

Background: Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous therapeutic agents have been repurposed and applied empirically and within clinical trials. Prophylactic medications for COVID-19 could have a huge benefit, but studies to date haven’t panned out. Initially many therapeutic medications were used late in ...

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Infectious Disease

COVID-19 Update: The COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccine

Background: The COVID-19 Pfizer BNT162b2 vaccine, let’s just call it the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine (so I don’t have to keep writing BNT162b2) is a novel mRNA vaccine developed to give immunity against the SARS CoV2 virus. It is synthesized mRNA packaged ...

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Infectious Disease

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