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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Leana Wen, M.D.

      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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      Leana Wen, M.D.Verified account @DrLeanaWen
      Excellent news about the first antiviral pill effective against #covid19. Merck said that molnupiravir cuts risk of hospitalization or death by half for high-risk people early in illness. Key is that it's a pill--much easier to deliver & administer. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/01/us/merck-antiviral-pill-covid.html …
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Will Saletan

      Possible, and need a really strong communication campaign around this. Having an antiviral in the arsenal against hospitalization and death is excellent but drugs, including antivirals, come with much more safety concerns compared to vaccines.https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1443922410764443688 …

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      Will SaletanVerified account @saletan
      Replying to @zeynep
      It is great news. But, sadly, people who oppose the COVID vaccines — and the politicians who cater to those people — will indeed claim or imply, falsely, that it makes the vaccines unnecessary. That’s what many of them have done with monoclonal antibodies.
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2021

      Yes, many people feel more comfortable with drugs than vaccines, but, in fact, it is much easier to be comfortable with long-term safety profile of vaccines than many drugs. Excellent long-form article by @andrew_croxford here on why, for the curious: https://bostonreview.net/science-nature/andrew-l-croxford-long-term-safety-argument-over-covid-19-vaccines …pic.twitter.com/vufTkRHpuB

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2021

      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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        1. Rosemary Kirincic‏ @Galileoglowing 1 Oct 2021
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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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        1. Jai‏ @jwdwsq 1 Oct 2021
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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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        1. Doug Mohney (#ces2022 #inperson)‏ @DougonIPComm 1 Oct 2021
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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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        1. Na Sirf Musiqi  🧡‏ @nasirfmusiqi 1 Oct 2021
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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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        2. AE Walsh‏ @AEndersWalsh 1 Oct 2021
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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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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 1 Oct 2021
          Replying to @AEndersWalsh

          Absolutely. Hope it works great for them.

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        1. Jordan Frank  🧢 🌎 🇺🇸‏ @jordanfrank 1 Oct 2021
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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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