My friend's 12 yr-old niece is in a hospital in Brooklyn being treated for covid-19. Last night they intubated her. I just found out about it this evening and sent him all of the information that I found from this site regarding the treatment packs in India and contact information for the frontlinedoctors web-site. He is in contact with them and God willing, will be able to demand the appropriate treatment for her using the right to try law.
I cannot believe that we are over a year into this and the friggin' doctors STILL are not using the proper treatments.
What else can I do to help my friend help his family?
Any advice is welcome but most of all my sincere thanks to everybody who has posted such helpful information.
Update 4/25/21: Just found out from my friend that the doctor is saying the girl will need to be on a vent until at least Friday. To make matters even worse, she's at Elmhurst hospital where they were literally picking off patients. I am so heartsick for him and his family and fear that this will end badly.
HCQ must be given in the initial stages of the viral process, Sounds like she is past that point. I haven't heard much about administering Ivermectin. Not sure if it needs to be given early like HCQ. Large doses of intravenous vitamin C is always a option. Steroids work as well, Dexamethasone. Remdesivir is what they use most of the time. I'm not sold on it. They say it reduces the length of stay at the hospital by aprox 12 hours when comparing patients who do not take it. I think zinc and Vitamin D is best when used prophylactically but it would not hurt to try it.
I agree with most of that. HCQ must be given early or it's useless. Ivermectin shows some promise a couple of days later but not too late. Vitamin D3 is useless unless it's been taken during at least the 3 weeks prior. For immediate treatment they must use the vitamin D derivative whose name I forget. Cholecalciferol, I think. Remdesivir is next to useless, producing results no better than chance (despite its cost). As for steroids, the one that asthma sufferers inhale (Budesonide?) is the most effective.