Covid-19 patients: keeping them from entering in the first place.After sobering experiences 17 years ago with the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, Yuen Kwok-Yung is advocating early, aggressive hospitalization and treatment to minimize ravaging disease and death.
Hong Kong’s 2% Covid-19 fatality rate as of Friday, well below the global average, lends weight to the approach.Most therapies for SARS-CoV-2 are authorized for use in severely ill patients, in some cases backed by research that’s still in question.