Several drugs have proved useful and doctors know more about how to care for the sickest patients in hospitals, he said. We’re in the “stormy adolescence” phase of learning what treatments work — beyond infancy but not “all grown up either,” Collins said. People who have died from COVID-19, especially ones who took part in studies, have helped reveal what drugs do or do not help. In hospitals, doctors know more now about ways to avoid using breathing machines, such as keeping patients on their bellies. “Prevention is the most important step right now as we’re waiting for a vaccine and we’re improving treatment,” Goodman said.

Source: ABC News September 27, 2020 14:26 UTC