Doctors say COVID-19 treatment is more likely to come before vaccine

The medical community has a lot of questions and not many answers when it comes to COVID-19.

Doctors do not have treatments for the coronavirus as they do the flu or the common cold.

GOOD EVENING ONCEAGAIN...THE MEDICALCOMMUNITYEXPERIENCING SOMANY UNKNOWNSWHEN IT COMES TOCOVID19..TONIGHT..

WE HEARFROM TWOSPECIALISTS WHO SAYTHE PRESCRIPTIONFOR SUCCESS INFIGHTING THIS VIRUSMAY START WITHPERFECTINGTREATMENTS BEFOREMOVING ON TO AVACCINE...7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER OLIVIAPROIA BRINGS US THISSTORY THAT'S ALLNEW AT 5:30...THERE'S A LOT OFQUESTIONS.... ANDNOT MANY ANSWERS.SETHI: IT'S THEBIGGEST WE'VE EVERSEEN.

AT LEAST IN MYCAREER.

THIS STATEOF UNKNOWN.HERETH: IT'S A LITTLESCARY TO BE HONEST.BUT IT'S ALSOHUMBLING.THE CORONAVIRUSISN'T LIKE THE FLU...OR THE COMMONCOLD.... WHEREDOCTORS KNOWPRETTY MUCHEXACTLY WHAT TO DO.HERETH: IT'S UNLIKEANYTHING WE'VE EVERSEEN BEFORE.

ANDREGARDINGTREATMENT, THEREREALLY IS NO MAGICBULLET YET.SO HOW DO YOUTREAT A VIRUS WHENTHERE'S NO KNOWNTREATMENTS?

IT'S ALOT OF READING ANDA LOT OFDISCUSSIONS.HERETH: WE ARERELYING ON OURCOLLEAGUESDOWNSTATE, ACROSSTHE POND, AND ON THEWEST COAST TO GETAN IDEA OF WHATTHEY'RE SEEING, WHATTHEY'RE TREATING ANDDOING OUR BEST UPONTHAT.IT'S NOT TRIAL ANDERROR.

DOCTORSDON'T TRY ANYTHINGTHAT WOULD BEHARMFUL TO THEIRPATIENTS.SETHI: IT'S TRIAL ANDLET'S SEE WHATHAPPENS.HERETH: IF WHENSOMETHING NEWCOMES UP AND WORKS,WE EVALUATE IT ANDTRY IT.

THE BENEFITHAS TO OUTWEIGH THERISKTHERE MAY NOT BE AONE SIZE FITS ALLSOLUTION FORPATIENTS.SETHI: I WOULDN'T BESURPRISED IF WESTARTED DOING ALLSETS OFCOMBINATIONS TRYINGTO GET PATIENTS TOBE BETTER.SETHI: WE NEED AVACCINE.

BUT BEFORETHAT, IF WE CAN GETONE OR MORETREATMENTS,THATWORK.STAND UP: FINDING ATREATMENT ORSEVERAL TREATMENTSCOULD BE THE FASTERWAY TO FIGHTING THEPANDEMIC ANDGETTING BACK TONORMAL.HERETH: I REALLYTHINK A TREATMENT ISGOING TO BE MORELIKELY THAN AVACCINE.H-I-V IS AN EXAMPLEOF THIS.

THERE IS NOVACCINE FOR THEVIRUS, BUT THERE ISTREATMENT.

SO IFYOU CONTRACT H-I-V,YOU CAN SURVIVE.SETHI: IF YOU CANREDUCE THESEVERITY, MAKE ITSHORTER, PEOPLEWILL GET OUT OF THEHOSPITAL FASTERTHAN YOU CANCHANGE THEDYNAMICS.

THEN ITHINK OPENING UP ANDGOING BACK TONORMAL BECOMESMORE REALISTICBECAUSE EVEN IF YOUDO FALL SICK, THEREARE THINGS THAT WECAN DO.BOTH DOCTORS SAYTIME WILL TELL... BUTTHEY BELIEVE WEWILL BE DEALING WITHTHE CORONAVIRUSFOR AT LEASTANOTHER YEAR ORTWO.

IN BUFFALO, OP,7EWN.