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Paxlovid effective in reducing risk of long COVID symptoms: study
The Hill ^ | 11/07/2022 | JOSEPH CHOI

Posted on 11/07/2022 11:12:35 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A recent preprint study found that Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid may be effective in reducing the risk of developing long COVID in patients recovering from coronavirus infections.

The study, funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), looked through the VA’s health care databases and identified individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 between March and June 2022.

Overall, 56,340 participants were included in the study, among whom 9,217 were given Paxlovid within five days of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, while the remaining 47,123 did not receive any form of COVID-19 antiviral or antibody treatment in the 30 days after their diagnosis.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; effective; long; longcovid; paxlovid; pxalovid
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good thing Trump never said this.

He’d have been indicted for spreading misinformation.


21 posted on 11/07/2022 4:46:06 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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