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Chromatography

Will the antivaxxers in the hospital on life support refuse this too because it’s “experimental”? Lol. 

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alsemanche
17 minutes ago, Chromatography said:

Will the antivaxxers in the hospital on life support refuse this too because it’s “experimental”? Lol. 

I saw people on twitter saying that there's no need for the vaccine since we have the (Pfizer) pill now and like... do they realize that the same company made both treatments :air: the lack of braincells is astonishing with them istg

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Chlorine
2 minutes ago, dojo said:

color me impressed

how this so called pill works? 

what are the main components? 

You swallow it 

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gothicdream
3 minutes ago, dojo said:

color me impressed

how this so called pill works? 

what are the main components? 

I was reading about the Pfizer one yesterday. Apparently it's based on existing antivirals that have been created to treat HIV and Hepatitis C. It blocks certain enzymes in the body and basically prevents a virus from replicating itself.

Luckily, with the way it works, it should remain effective against different variants. Unfortunately, supply is extremely limited right now and it's going to take time to ramp up production. It only works if you start taking it within 5 days of getting infected, so there is very little time to realize you have symptoms, get tested, see your doctor, and get the pills. Hopefully they'll find a way to speed up the process soon.

 

 

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PunkTheFunk
6 minutes ago, Healed My Heart said:

It only works if you start taking it within 5 days of getting infected, so there is very little time to realize you have symptoms, get tested, see your doctor, and get the pills. Hopefully they'll find a way to speed up the process soon.

This basically. You need timely access to a test in order to know whether you need to take the pill, but you also require access to the pill once you know that you need it. A lot of people don't have either of these things.

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Mother of Puppies

Let us all pray that these can prevent hospitalization and death in the long run...  Maybe it'll be a christmas wish come true. I really hope that next year will be better covid-wise. I'm just so sick of it. :bradley:

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