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Also, can they scale up production of it fast enough to make a difference if it passes trials?

If there's even just slim evidence of remdesivir's effectiveness, the feds should consider funding scaled-up production of it now, even though it's a 
gamble--and an expensive one at that. Would save 1-2 months time at least. At worst we'd have a supply to use against other viruses that it works on.

[oldalum]

Also, can they scale up production of it fast enough to make a difference if it passes trials?

If there's even just slim evidence of remdesivir's effectiveness, the feds should consider funding scaled-up production of it now, even though it's a 
gamble--and an expensive one at that. Would save 1-2 months time at least. At worst we'd have a supply to use against other viruses that it works on.