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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It’s too bad they opened the patent to Ivermectin. They would have had this much sooner.
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This is not true. Anti-viral stops the virus from replicating (essentially killing the virus and thereby stopping any transmission!). Besides it does not depend on innate/adaptive immunity for protection.
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Time to vaccination + effective protection is 4-6 weeks. Time to get the new drug approved and into the mass market? WTF knows.
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Seems a good complement for vaccines but what kind of benefit....? Exceptionally vulnerable with low response to 3 doses---definitely Unvaccinated---yes, but would they test/take it in time? (presume adults only?) Most after 2 / especially 3 doses -- not likely to need it?
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Also seems like it is good for immunocompromised and transplant patients who have been seeing their lives severely restricted if they want to be safe.
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Absolutely. Hope it works great for them.
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Let me put it this way: reducing deaths by 50% would take the USA from 2,000 deaths a day this week to 1,000 deaths a day. 365k deaths a year is hardly a reason for anyone to take the pressure off a vaccine campaign.
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