Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by nearly 90%

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5 thoughts on “Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by nearly 90%

  1. Key word here “treatment” which the drug companies could not make much money on due to most “treatments” being already existing and mostly in the public realm and inexpensive.
    Compared to treatment, especially with a virus like COVID, which may keep producing variants like the common cold does, vaccines (even actual vaccines which the current shots are not) are much superior.
    Well at leas they are trying. Maybe they can end these unconstitutional vaccine mandates that have practically turned constitution on its head.

    1. The right for the government to mandate vaccinations has been established case law for a century.

  2. This is great news although I’m not sure I would get started in time to be effective. How many people will recognize they might have it, get tested and then start treatment within three days of initial symptoms?

    1. From the story:

      “ The drug also appeared to be effective even at five days after symptoms began. For about 600 people who received the drug within five days of symptoms, six people were hospitalized. Among the 600 who received a placebo, there were 41 hospitalizations and 10 subsequent deaths.”

      The larger issue is the people who choose the crank medicines first … and turn to established medicine too late.

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