The COVID-19 vaccine may spell the end of the pandemic, but while mass vaccination is not available it is vital to stop community transmission.
The new antiviral drug MK-4482 / EIDD-2801 or Molnupiravir, has managed to suppress "completely" the transmission of the coronavirus in just 24 hours ,
according to studies by the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Georgia State University.
Molnupiravir was originally designed to treat the flu and prevent the virus from making copies of itself, creating errors during viral RNA replication.
The experts detail that tests were carried out on ferrets and it was observed that they presented a reduction in the amount of viral particles.
Then those ferrets were put with others that had not been treated.
None of the ferrets in the second group became infected with COVID-19.
The drug can be taken orally, and treatment can be started early for a triple potential benefit: inhibiting patients' progress to severe disease,
shortening the infectious phase to alleviate the emotional and socioeconomic cost of prolonged patient isolation,
and containing quickly local outbreaks.
Molnupiravir is currently in advanced phase II / III clinical trials.
It is being tested in three different doses every 12 hours for five days in patients with SARS-CoV-2.
I like the sounds of this better than the vaccine.
I currently take Quercetin, zinc, C, d3 among others as a preventative measure.
Thanks for the ping.
I decided to check the name itself on Google. I found the link below but did not have time to read the comments. When I went back later I found this message. “Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/worldnews.
Moderators remove posts from feeds for a variety of reasons, including keeping communities safe, civil, and true to their purpose.” I don’t know if this was censorship or if they felt the headline did not match the data. The title said it “completely” stopped the virus in 24 hours. It did not include that this was solely based on ferrit’s exposure. The Comments are still there though.
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/k8en7v/monulparivir_the_drug_that_completely_stops_the/