> The two drugs of course have very different mechanisms. Paxlovid inhibits the viral main protease and thus slows replication of the virus, while molnupiravir

> The two drugs of course have very different mechanisms. Paxlovid inhibits the viral main protease and thus slows replication of the virus, while molnupiravir induces so many mutations when the virus does try to replicate that even if the process finishes that resulting viral particles are not able to function.