{"id":65651,"date":"2020-09-12T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/lessons-learned-in-early-days-on-covid-19-front-lines-are-now-saving-lives\/"},"modified":"2020-09-12T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:00:00","slug":"lessons-learned-in-early-days-on-covid-19-front-lines-are-now-saving-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lessons-learned-in-early-days-on-covid-19-front-lines-are-now-saving-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"#Lessons learned in early days on COVID-19 front lines are now saving lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbf1e98aff\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbf1e98aff\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/lessons-learned-in-early-days-on-covid-19-front-lines-are-now-saving-lives\/#BREAKTHROUGHS_and_DISAPPOINTMENTS\" >BREAKTHROUGHS and DISAPPOINTMENTS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Lessons learned in early days on COVID-19 front lines are now saving lives<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        More than six months into the coronavirus pandemic in the US, a cure is still elusive but radical changes in screening and treatment have saved thousands of lives.<\/p>\n<p>At the height of the pandemic in April, the mortality rate in the US was just under 24 percent, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control. As of last week, the CDC reported the mortality rate \u2014 the percentage of those infected who die \u2014 was hovering at just above 6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Worldwide, 911,000 people have succumbed to the dreaded bug, including 193,000 in the US. In New York state, the virus has killed 33,000 people, and sickened 446,000 more.<\/p>\n<p>At the height of the pandemic, the Empire State was the COVID epicenter of the world, with almost 800 deaths a day.<\/p>\n<p>Front-line health workers were forced into a steep learning curve that began with hospitals overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients during the first weeks of March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve learned to treat a disease for which we had no cure or previous model,\u201d said David Battinelli, chief medical officer for Northwell Health, which runs 23 hospitals throughout NYC and Long Island. \u201cOur supportive care improved dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in order to inhibit the growth of the virus, doctors are now treating patients with anti-viral drugs such as Remdesivir in the early stages of COVID-19, and supplementing that with a cocktail of anti-inflammatory steroids, such as dexamethasone, that could prevent respiratory failure.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-16278762-1\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One day at the intensive care unit of the European Hospital of Marseille\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/FRANCE-PANDEMIC-CORONAVIRUS-COVID19.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Doctors and nurses wearing their protective gear, attending to a coronavirus patient.                                                           <\/p>\n<p>EPA\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILES-BRAZIL-HEALTH-VIRUS\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/AFP_8PN9VB.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            The Intensive Care Unit treating COVID-19 coronavirus patients in the Gilberto Novaes Hospital in Manaus, Brazil.                                                           <\/p>\n<p>AFP via Getty Images\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stamford Hospital Inundated With Patients During Coronavirus Pandemic\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/1221192489.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            A &#8220;prone team,&#8221; wearing personal protective equipment helping a coronavirus patient in Stamford, Connecticut.                                                           <\/p>\n<p>Getty Images\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/trump-campaign-aggressively-investing-in-digital-advertising\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <picture><source data- data- media=\"(min-width: 640px)\"  ><source data- data- media=\"(max-width: 639px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/trump-campaign-aggressively-investing-in-digital-advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                President Trump\u2019s reelection campaign is aggressively investing in digital advertising&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think that what we know with a high degree of certainty now \u2014 that we didn\u2019t know when we were getting pummeled by COVID \u2014 is that steroids <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be helpful for patients with high levels of respiratory disease, and probably reduces their risk of dying,\u201d said David A. Kaufman, director of ICU at NYU Langone Tisch Hospital. \u201cRemdesivir is not a wonder drug but it probably limits how much the virus can grow in a person\u2019s body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, the drugs also helped reduce the number of patients put on ventilators, which were a death sentence for many early patients.<\/p>\n<p>In April, one study showed 88 percent of patients placed on ventilators in New York hospitals died.\u00a0 Studies in Wuhan and Italy echoed the grim findings. Overwhelmed health workers were quick to place patients who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome, or a buildup of fluid in the lungs often caused by pneumonia, on the breathing machines. The procedure is invasive, requiring intubation, and could further weaken patients with pre-existing conditions such as hypertension and diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>But doctors began noticing that some of these distressed patients, while their oxygen levels were extremely low, were not gasping for air. They began to use less invasive breathing support \u2014 such as masks used for sleep apnea.<\/p>\n<p>The ventilator-death rate dropped dramatically to 35.7 by the end of May, according to a study in the Critical Care Medicine journal.\u00a0Outcomes were improving as medical professionals learned on the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learned how much oxygen to give, and what the optimal settings [for the ventilators] were, and we learned about kidney disease,\u201d said Battinelli.<\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the pandemic, doctors were increasing the air pressure on ventilators in order to open up their lungs. In many cases, it led to long-term cognitive and physical damage and even death, according to front-line health care workers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16286293\"><img alt=\"David Kaufman and David Battinelli\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"662\"><\/img><figcaption><span>David Kaufman and David Battinelli<\/span><span>northwell.edu; nyulangone.org<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Patients in acute respiratory distress due to the coronavirus and pre-existing conditions also risked kidney damage while intubated for long periods on ventilators. Vents could cause changes in blood flow to the kidneys and other organs, damaging them. Many patients who suffered kidney injuries had to undergo dialysis treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery that something as simple as turning patients in acute respiratory distress onto their stomachs \u2014 called \u201cproning\u201d \u2014 also reduced the reliance on ventilators. Nurses at Northwell\u2019s Huntington Hospital were proning patients in the early days of the virus because they lacked ventilators, and the practice quickly caught on across the state.\u00a0 Doctors at Columbia University\u2019s Irving Medical Center even studied the treatment after they found themselves having to prone patients in early April.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16286412\"><img alt=\"An Egyptian medical staff works on plasma received from a man who recovered from Covid-19.\" data- data- height=\"450\" width=\"300\"><\/img><figcaption><span>An Egyptian medical staff works on plasma received from a man who recovered from Covid-19.<\/span><span>AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe step-down unit at Columbia University Irving Medical Center had eight patients who were experiencing severe acute respiratory distress all at once,\u201d said Sanja Jelic, an associate professor at Columbia University Medical Center, in an interview on the school\u2019s website. \u201cThey had been receiving supplemental oxygen through a face mask or nasal tube, but now they needed to be intubated, connected to a ventilator, and sent to the ICU. Only one patient can be intubated at a time, so to buy some time, we placed three of the patients in the prone position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Jelic, and confirmed in the study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, three of the patients improved within an hour, and no longer needed ventilators.<\/p>\n<p>Other studies found that in some patients high doses of intravenous vitamin C appeared to reduce the time needed on ventilators, but trials are still ongoing.\u00a0 Taking vitamins to strengthen the immune system, especially C and D, can help fight the virus, but they do not ward it off, studies show. Kaufman cautioned that previous studies had suggested high doses of vitamin C reduced sepsis but once those studies were subjected to rigorous testing, the results showed the vitamin actually had little effect, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the early days of the pandemic, many health care professionals, and President Trump, backed hydroxychloroquine as an early treatment for coronavirus patients. Many doctors and patients gave testimonials in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> about how the malaria drug quickly cleared up the flu-like symptoms associated with the coronavirus.\u00a0 Although the US Food and Drug Administration temporarily granted the drug emergency authorization, it revoked that authorization in June, saying that it was \u201cunlikely to be effective\u201d and could cause side effects such as heart arrhythmia.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-16278762-2\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mask Sales Not Enough To Keep 3M From Having Disappointing Quarter\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/1261921917.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            3M brand N95 particulate respirator masks.                                                          <\/p>\n<p>Getty Images\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine, pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump and others in recent months as a possible treatment to people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is displayed by a pharmacist in Provo\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/USA-TRADE_INDIA.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            The drug hydroxychloroquine                                                         <\/p>\n<p>REUTERS\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EU approves Remdesivir as COVID-19 treatment\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/BRUSSELS-EU-COMMISSION-CORONAVIRUS-COVID19.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Wider Image: \"How many people are going to die?\" - COVID-19 races up the Amazon\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS_AMAZON-DOCTORS.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            Hydroxychloroquine                                                          <\/p>\n<p>REUTERS\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Virus Outbreak Treatments\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Virus-Outbreak-Treatments.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/trump-campaign-aggressively-investing-in-digital-advertising\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <picture><source data- data- media=\"(min-width: 640px)\"  ><source data- data- media=\"(max-width: 639px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/trump-campaign-aggressively-investing-in-digital-advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                President Trump\u2019s reelection campaign is aggressively investing in digital advertising&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The jury is still out on other treatments for the virus, including convalescent plasma, the antibody-rich blood taken from patients who have recovered from the coronavirus. Some researchers are working to synthetically reproduce those antibodies in a lab. Although the FDA authorized the emergency use of convalescent plasma in August for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, the agency cautions on its web site that \u201cadequate and well-controlled randomized trials remain necessary\u201d to prove it works.<\/p>\n<p>Among the biggest questions is, Kaufman said, \u201cHow well do those antibodies stick to the offending germ and prevent coronavirus from doing its business?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nor does anyone know when a vaccine will be ready. According to the World Health Organization, there are 169 vaccines under development, with 26 in the human trial phase. One promising vaccine trial, by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, was halted Tuesday when one of the 30,000 participants suffered a serious inflammatory condition that could result in paralysis. It must be investigated before the trial can resume.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, long-held wisdom has been reinforced: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Wearing a mask can block exposure to even the smallest amount of the airborne virus, and is likely behind a current infection rate of less than 1 percent in New York.<\/p>\n<p>A study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine noted that \u201cas SARS-CoV-2 continues its global spread, it\u2019s possible that one of the pillars of Covid-19 pandemic control \u2014 universal facial masking \u2014 might help reduce the severity of disease and ensure that a greater proportion of new infections are asymptomatic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Battinelli and Kaufman said they believe in the efficacy of masks and increased testing to reduce the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"slideshow-16278762-3\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"090820deblasio1RM\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/090820deblasio1RM-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            A flyer handed out to residents with information about coronavirus testing in New York City.                                                            <\/p>\n<p>Robert Miller\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"200828_somos_jcricer_07\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/200828_somos_jcricer_07.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" ><\/img><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n                            A woman administering a coronavirus test in Saint Augustine Presbyterian Church&#8217;s parking lot in the Bronx, NY.                                                         <\/p>\n<p>J.C.Rice\n                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                Up Next\n                <\/p>\n<article target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/trump-campaign-aggressively-investing-in-digital-advertising\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n                    <picture><source data- data- media=\"(min-width: 640px)\"  ><source data- data- media=\"(max-width: 639px)\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"><\/img><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/trump-campaign-aggressively-investing-in-digital-advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                President Trump\u2019s reelection campaign is aggressively investing in digital advertising&#8230;<br \/>\n                    <\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf we have learned anything from the pandemic, it\u2019s that it\u2019s too difficult to provide state-of-the-art critical care to that many people at one time,\u201d said Kaufman, whose unit had to deal with as many as 180 patients requiring ventilators per day in the early days of the pandemic. \u201cWe ran out of drugs, we ran out of good ventilators, we stretched our personnel incredibly thin. Flattening the curve is the single most important thing to do, so that the people who are severely ill will get the care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BREAKTHROUGHS_and_DISAPPOINTMENTS\"><\/span>BREAKTHROUGHS and DISAPPOINTMENTS<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Anti-viral drugs, such as Remdesvir: limit how much the virus can grow inside the body<\/li>\n<li>Steroids: Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce respiratory failure and can lessen the amount of time patients need to be on ventilators<\/li>\n<li>Proning: Laying patients in acute respiratory distress on their stomachs can help with breathing and in many cases reduce the need for ventilators<\/li>\n<li>Face masks: \u201cThe crude vaccine\u201d for the coronavirus reduces exposure to the spread of airborne virus particles<\/li>\n<li>Convalescent plasma: Antibody-rich blood taken from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 is still undergoing clinical tests<\/li>\n<li>Hydroxychloroquine: Anti-malarial drug used to treat early symptoms, was used successfully by some doctors in the early days of the pandemic but clinical trials have shown that it could lead to severe side effects and the FDA banned the drug for emergency use in treating COVID-19<\/li>\n<li>Vitamins C and D: Scientists are still studying their efficacy in preventing and treating the coronavirus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/12\/lessons-learned-in-early-days-on-covid-19-now-saving-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Lessons learned in early days on COVID-19 front lines are now saving lives&#8221; More than six months into the coronavirus pandemic in the US, a cure is still elusive but radical changes in screening and treatment have saved thousands of lives. 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