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Will this affect mandate requirements, if as effective as it’s claimed? If so we don't need to reach hard to achieve 95% vaccination rates and we can get closer to a normal life.
If it halves hospitalizations, it'll have a pretty drastic effect on overwhelmed ICUs but there's probably still a ways to go before ICU levels return to normal and we can skip mandates.
If I understand things correctly, this only helps _before_ hospitalization.
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Yes, so similar to ivermectin, it doesn't work.
No, that seems to be false? > At the interim analysis, molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by approximately 50%
Will this affect mandate requirements, if as effective as it’s claimed? If so we don't need to reach hard to achieve 95% vaccination rates and we can get closer to a normal life.
If it halves hospitalizations, it'll have a pretty drastic effect on overwhelmed ICUs but there's probably still a ways to go before ICU levels return to normal and we can skip mandates.
Hospitalization from COVID-19
Merck and Ridgeback’s Investigational Oral Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduced the Risk of Hospitalization or Death by Approximately 50 Percent Compared to Placebo for Patients with Mild or Moderate COVID-19 in Positive Interim Analysis of Phase 3 Study
The HN one is somewhat arbidged.
The NYTimes article sort of came off as suggesting this is a cheaper, easier to administer alternative to monoclonal antibodies. So I wonder what the overall effect will be on the number of deaths going forward. It’s definitely phenomenal science though, and hopefully we can use this to keep people out of the hospital!
Cool stuff!
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If it halves hospitalizations, it'll have a pretty drastic effect on overwhelmed ICUs but there's probably still a ways to go before ICU levels return to normal and we can skip mandates.
If we’re worried about hospital capacity why are we firing healthcare workers?
If I understand things correctly, this only helps _before_ hospitalization.