For those following - these treatments are 40 pill treatments. For the 50M odd cases we've had we'd need 40*50M pills (2 billion pills). Assume a daily global

For those following - these treatments are 40 pill treatments. For the 50M odd cases we've had we'd need 40*50M pills (2 billion pills). Assume a daily global rate of around 600K cases per day we'd need 24M pills per day. USA alone is perhaps 100K cases, so 4M pills per day. Do they really have this volume ready to go? -- I'm not aware of a single study showing that for vaccinated folks the pills do anything. Not saying they don't, but it would be helpful to have ONE study. -- As to why the FDA has not approved, they are reasonably clear. One issue is that COVID, and particularly omicron variant which dominates, is just not that lethal. EDIT: This part is incorrect below These pills work in interesting ways, ie, generating MORE mutations. β-d-N4-hydroxycytidine Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Through Lethal Mutagenesis But Is Also Mutagenic To Mammalian Cells https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33961695/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33961695/ So before you jam 2 billion doses into folks there is going to be a bit of an evaluation. If Omicron turns out to have high fatality rates then I suspect things like these therapies will be fast tracked a bit more.