Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19

[WVK]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Merck & Co. said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in thehttps://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-science-business-health-pandemics-a9a2245fdcee324f6bbd776a0fffcc60

[simplybill]

Thanks for posting this, WVK. It’s wonderful news to wake up to.

This quote from the article got my attention:

”The study tracked 775 adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who were considered higher risk for severe disease due to health problems such as obesity, diabetes or heart disease.”

Merck & Co. gets my vote for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

[+joc]

1 hour ago, simplybill said:

Thanks for posting this, WVK. It’s wonderful news to wake up to.

This quote from the article got my attention:

”The study tracked 775 adults with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who were considered higher risk for severe disease due to health problems such as obesity, diabetes or heart disease.”

Merck & Co. gets my vote for the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

What this is actually saying is that the vaccine isn't really a vaccine at all...and the best bet against dying from Covid is a pill that cuts your chances of dying in half...which in reality  means that your odds be 50:50 of surviving...maybe yes, maybe no...50:50

 

[Silver]

I had my booster this morning- so that's three doses of Pfizer vaccine. The injection is no problem, but an oral preparation would save travelling, so it is welcome news.