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Unfortunately, the Pfizer pill needs to be taken early in the infection, so when patients may not be yet in the survival mode, but still in "it's just like a fl
by mixedbit 5y ago
Unfortunately, the Pfizer pill needs to be taken early in the infection, so when patients may not be yet in the survival mode, but still in "it's just like a flu" mode.
- supertrope 5y agoIdeally there would be a treatment for the "I can't breathe" stage. Unfortunately anti-viral drugs' effect depends on inhibiting future exponential replication. Kind of like how fire extinguishers are good if one sees and smothers the first flame but are moot if flames are already shooting out the windows. Paxlovid might not even be easy to use. Five days might have already passed from infection to first symptoms to urgent care visit to PCR test result. And that's assuming the drug is in stock.