If you test positive here, you’re sent home.
Until you either recover, or your disease has progressed past the point antivirals do anything.
Wait wait, did the gerbil approve this. Fauxci probably not happy about this.
I hope it works well for the Russians. I guess we’ll hear details of their (anecdotal) experience with the drug in a month or two.
Even with all the lauding, and the fact that Avifavir is a generic version of a Japanese anti-flu drug called Avigan, it has some bugs. Don’t get your hopes up yet.
MSDS T-705
Adverse Human Health Effects and Symptoms:
Causes serious eye irritation. Causes skin irritation. Material may be irritating to the mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract. May be harmful by inhalation, ingestion, or skin absorption. May cause respiratory system irritation. To the best of our knowledge, the toxicological properties have not been thoroughly investigated.
Probably the worst of the listed negative health effects of it is the upper respiratory irritation as pneumonia is one of the most dangerous parts of the Covid-19 effects. The listed problem could be contributory, or even a cause, to that effect.
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