This drug is an antiviral and isn't the Covid viral load already on the decline by the time that most people are hospitalized? See Fig 2 from https://www.bmj.co

This drug is an antiviral and isn't the Covid viral load already on the decline by the time that most people are hospitalized? See Fig 2 from https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3862 https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3862 . Its the other issues like the inflammatory cytokine response, tissue damage, and secondary infections that cause the poor outcomes in most hospitalized patients. So you'd need to take any antiviral early on. I think they said within 5 days in this study. Also of interest is that the 5 day marker is where the mild and severe cases diverge according to the article I linked to.