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A Pill to Treat Covid-19: "We're Talking About a Return to, Maybe, Normal Life"

posted by martyb on Tuesday September 28 2021, @09:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water dept.

DannyB writes:

A pill to treat Covid-19: 'We're talking about a return to, maybe, normal life'

Within a day of testing positive for covid-19 in June, Miranda Kelly was sick enough to be scared. At 44, with diabetes and high blood pressure, Kelly, a certified nursing assistant, was having trouble breathing, symptoms serious enough to send her to the emergency room.

[....] But the Kellys, who live in Seattle, had agreed just after their diagnoses to join a clinical trial at the nearby Fred Hutch cancer research center that's part of an international effort to test an antiviral treatment that could halt covid early in its course.

By the next day, the couple were taking four pills, twice a day. Though they weren't told whether they had received an active medication or placebo, within a week, they said, their symptoms were better. Within two weeks, they had recovered.

"I don't know if we got the treatment, but I kind of feel like we did," Miranda Kelly said. "To have all these underlying conditions, I felt like the recovery was very quick."

[....] At least three promising antivirals for covid are being tested in clinical trials, with results expected as soon as late fall or winter, said Carl Dieffenbach, director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is overseeing antiviral development.

"I think that we will have answers as to what these pills are capable of within the next several months," Dieffenbach said.

An effective treatment would be great for those who get covid despite the availability of, or even having received, vaccinations.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 29 2021, @05:29AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 29 2021, @05:29AM (#1182616)

    You are madly in love with Barb Hudson. She's not interested because she has higher standards than losers like you. You're furious that Barb rejected you. That's why you're so angry all the time. You're an incel because Barb just isn't interested in you.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 29 2021, @05:34AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 29 2021, @05:34AM (#1182617)

    LOL, so true! Everyone can see that APK has a massive fetish for trannies, particularly for Barb. He will never get over that Barb rejected him. He will just keep acting out by angrily spamming websites until COVID kills him. He's such a dipshit for not getting vaccinated, either. I'm sure Barb is only interested in men (real men, not incels like APK) who are smart enough to get vaccinated.

  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 29 2021, @05:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 29 2021, @05:41AM (#1182619)

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