Dr. Jen Ashton with the latest answers to viewers’ coronavirus questions.
i like that we have some questions here from our viewers whoever you want to start here is it true that in general covet 19 death rates have actually gone down okay so it depends what window of time you look at and where at the overall curve you are looking right now according to the department of hhs we’re actually seeing those numbers go up but if you compare it to let’s say february march april yes we have made incredible progress the learning curve for the critical care of patients with severe and critical cova 19 has been very rapid on the part of intensivists critical care specialists all of the nurse anesthetists etc so we are learning how to treat these patients better but right now our death rate is climbing all right and our final question i’ve heard rumors cannabis may help treat covid19 complications is there any truth to that so i am a big believer in the therapeutic modality of cannabis i think we’re just at its infancy right now in terms of studying it and understanding its benefits as well as its risks the short answer is based on existing data there’s potential help but there’s also potential harm overall cannabis users can be at increased risk of covid but there is a drug that actually was approved by the fda to go into phase one clinical trials by the end of this year it’s a synthetic cannabinoid and it is being targeted to be studied in patients with that so-called cytokine storm to reduce the inflammation so not yet ready for prime time but i do believe there may be some future in this but it is an area of intense research all right doug thank you so much and thank you all for your questions you can keep submitting those to dr jen on instagram at dr j ashton well hey there gma fans robin roberts here thanks for checking out our youtube channel lots of great stuff here so go on click the subscribe button right over right over here to get more of awesome videos and content from gma every day anytime we thank you for watching and we’ll see you in the morning on gma
