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What to Know About the New COVID-19 Antiviral Pills
Intelligencer ^ | November 15, 2021 | Paola Rosa-Aquino and Chas Danner

Posted on 11/16/2021 7:42:05 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Vaccines against COVID-19 have been the key weapon for managing the coronavirus’ spread and fending off its most dangerous strains, but pills to treat the virus are on the horizon. So far, pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Merck have developed experimental antiviral pills — called Paxlovid and molnupiravir, respectively — that have shown promising efficacy in clinical trials of adults with COVID-19. Below is what we know about these new COVID-19 antiviral drugs and when they might be available.

Both antiviral pills — which unlike other therapeutic COVID treatments, could be available by prescription to take orally at home — bolster the world’s therapeutic arsenal against the virus by reducing its ability to replicate. Both treatments are meant to be taken orally for five days as soon as the first symptoms of COVID-19 appear. Pfizer’s drug, Paxlovid, also includes a low dose of ritonavir — a medicine which is also used to treat HIV — in order to prolong the drug’s effectiveness in the body. Importantly, the antiviral pills aren’t meant to replace highly protective vaccines, but could work in tandem with them to tame the pandemic.

(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agenda21; govtposion; imnottakingit; morelies
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1 posted on 11/16/2021 7:42:05 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
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To: frank ballenger; cherry; Widget Jr; Trump Girl Kit Cat; AFB-XYZ; Justice; crusty old prospector; ...

PATRIOT PING


2 posted on 11/16/2021 7:44:32 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
"Importantly, the antiviral pills aren’t meant to replace highly protective vaccines, but could work in tandem with them to tame the pandemic."

So now you get to take a shot AND a pill...those big pharma billionaires are so cunning

3 posted on 11/16/2021 7:44:53 AM PST by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Importantly, the antiviral pills aren’t meant to replace highly protective vaccines

HILARIOUS!

4 posted on 11/16/2021 7:45:58 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: goodnesswins

“you get to take a shot AND a pill”

Haven’t...and won’t either one.


5 posted on 11/16/2021 7:47:20 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

More $$$$$$$


6 posted on 11/16/2021 7:48:05 AM PST by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

Now, they’re trying to make money off of the *cure* for these sham shots.

No, thanks! I’ll stick with HCQ and Ivermectin ... and, NO shots, thank you.


7 posted on 11/16/2021 7:48:47 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: Jane Long

Pfizermectin is what it is. Basically the same thing with a bigger price tag


8 posted on 11/16/2021 7:50:44 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said theintjey did story was false!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

And the sheep will be running full speed ahead for this new pill, gobbling them up with warp speed.

The left likes to talk about big oil, big this and that as though they are evil destroying both the earth and mankind. When in fact the real evil is of their own making, being Big Pharma.


9 posted on 11/16/2021 7:51:57 AM PST by redfreedom (You can vote your way into socialism, but you may have to shoot your way out.)
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To: V_TWIN

Got the dreaded virus. I’ve had worst colds. Made my wife pretty sick, but still no worst than a flu. I’ve got my immunity.


10 posted on 11/16/2021 7:52:44 AM PST by ferret_airlift
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel; All

Darn. I was hoping it would come in suppository form. We’ve been taking it up the butt for over TWO YEARS now, as it is!

*SNORT*


11 posted on 11/16/2021 7:52:49 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Vaccines against COVID-19 have been the key weapon for managing the coronavirus’ spread

They did a great job.


12 posted on 11/16/2021 7:55:03 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: cableguymn

👍🏼


13 posted on 11/16/2021 7:55:19 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: pepsi_junkie

Excellent graphic.


14 posted on 11/16/2021 7:55:58 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 )
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

“Importantly, the antiviral pills aren’t meant to replace highly protective vaccines, but could work in tandem with them to tame the pandemic.”

If the vaccines were really effective, the vaccinated wouldn’t need antivirals. How stupid do they think we are?


15 posted on 11/16/2021 7:57:00 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

We must take the new pill, because nobody is making any money on the old ones.


16 posted on 11/16/2021 8:01:45 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ( ‘When tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty.’)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel

What to know: the pills are simply modified Ivermectin


17 posted on 11/16/2021 8:02:35 AM PST by montag813
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To: V_TWIN

I’ve been exposed (for sure) twice in past year...still a pure blood...by God’s grace...and I’m kinda old.


18 posted on 11/16/2021 8:02:38 AM PST by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Darn. I was hoping it would come in suppository form..... “

Don’t give them any ideas.


19 posted on 11/16/2021 8:03:23 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ( ‘When tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty.’)
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To: frogjerk

Hey, those vaccines protect executive bonuses!


20 posted on 11/16/2021 8:09:05 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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