The new CCP virus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life support while wheeling him into Massachusetts General’s intensive care unit.
When they offered him a chance to help test remdesivir, an experimental drug that’s shown promise against some other CCP (Chinese Communist Party) viruses, “it did not even cross my mind once to say ‘no,’” said Singh, a heart specialist.