If @jkenney or @shandro wanted to direct research towards something productive, they might want to consider what& #39;s alluded to in this case:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/emergency-room-doctor-near-death-with-coronavirus-saved-with-experimental-treatment/ar-BB12Dd81

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Emergency room doctor, near death with coronavirus, saved with experimental treatment

Lessons from his dramatic recovery could help doctors worldwide treat other extremely ill COVID-19 patients.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/emergency-room-doctor-near-death-with-coronavirus-saved-with-experimental-treatment/ar-BB12Dd81

There& #39;s reference to a term in here that I saw in several of the papers I looked at yesterday: & #39;cytokine storm& #39;. /2

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What struck me in reading about this was the use of an immunosuppressant medication to slow down the body& #39;s overreaction in order to let the body fight the viral infection rather than fighting itself. /3

In terms of treating the most severe cases of COVID-19, this seems like a very significant observation. /4 ~fin~

Dagnabbit - a key link from the second tweet in this thread vanished: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30628-0/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/...