Excellent news! An effective antiviral would be a game-changer. "Within five days" is a doable window (needs cheap/easy testing). I read Merck will allow generics for lower-income countries, await the details: cost will be an issue here. Also: does not make vaccines unnecessary.https://twitter.com/DrLeanaWen/status/1443908308629397510 …
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Let me put it this way: having an effective drug in the arsenal is great news, but the optimal scenario for benefits versus risks/safety/cost is to vaccinate as widely as possible so that we need drugs a little as possible. Minimizing circulation > treating the ill.
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How does this vary for very short term treatments? Rna vax creates a complex immune response. Hoping these are clean, but the lack of chronic use should significantly reduce many long term safety risks
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Doesn't Merck own ivermectin too? Stories about antivirals circulate for a day then..crickets.
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There's just too much irrational hype that for any thinking person spells out "propaganda". To be fair, it exists on both ends of this. Of course vaccines are necessary, but there's no proper categorization of risk, and "One fits all" solutions tend to be problematic.
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Yeah, that's like not bothering with infection control and hope the antibiotics work well ...
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