What the Coroner Saw - Chapter 4

Remdesivir enters

Remdesivir (AKA Run, death is near)

Two early deaths, declared to be Covid, included a gentleman in his 70’s, over the road truck driver. with obstructive sleep apnea, COPD, frequent urinary tract infections due to self-catheterizing, who died in the hospital with an ischemic right posterior circulation stroke. He was admitted straight to the covid unit. He received Remdesivir and ended up with complete renal failure, requiring dialysis. Of course, Covid trumps every other possible cause of death imaginable. The significant stroke was not even mentioned in his hospital discharge note.

Shortly thereafter, another man in his 70’s was admitted to the hospital in mid-August with progressive shortness of breath. He tested positive for Covid-19 by nasal swab at that time. He had worsening respiratory function leading to hypoxic respiratory failure. He received a full course of Remdesivir and 8 days of dexamethasone, D-dimer was elevated but CT scan showed no pulmonary embolism. He was placed …