any and all public health measures, non-pharmaceutical interventions, from stopping it from circulating. the good news is that we now live in a world where the overwhelming majority of folks could at least theoretically be vaccinated and boosted, and everyone who comes down with covid again, could theoretically get this antiviral drug right away. feel much better, must faster, dramatically reduced risk. if this were the reality, near 100% boosting rate, and universal automatic access to anti viral therapeutics, it would massively improve the situation for all of us. and again, it is not unlike what happened with hiv. for years, a cure seemed practically impossible. but slowly, with a lot of very hard work, we developed a therapeutic, that made it completely manageable. it was treated, patients could be asymptomatic, and there was no magic urinals from one day to the next. but even as the drugs were developed, there was also a multi decade fight to get those drugs to be made cheaply eno
pretty knocked out, it felt like having the flu, but then my doctor prescribing me the anti viral drug you may have heard about called paxlovid. and i have to say, my symptoms rapidly improved. when paxlovid first became available at the end of last, year there is very limited supply, and the drug was reserved for people at high risk, which made complete sense for rationing a serious resource. but as with the vaccines, the problem right now in this country isn t supply, it is demand. paxlovid is wildly underutilized and is just sitting on shelves. there are limitations. it is authorized under emergency use authorization, it has to be taken within five days of the onset of symptoms in order to be effective, so you have to get it as soon as you test positive. there has also been more recent cases of patients relapsing up to completing their five-day course, which obviously needs to be studied further. right now, doctors are still limited by the fda regulations. the agency regulates paxlo
i have been thinking about that example because i think it is a way to start to see a world we can live with this virus, as well. now as you probably noticed, i have been out for a few days, i had covid which is probably not a certain death sentence by any means. i am vaccinated and boosted. the first 36 hours or so i was pretty knocked out, it felt like having the flu, but then my doctor prescribing me the anti viral drug you may have heard about called paxlovid. and i have to say, my symptoms rapidly improved. when paxlovid first became available at the end of last, year there is very limited supply, and the drug was reserved for people at high risk, which made complete sense for rationing a serious resource. but as with the vaccines, the problem right now in this country isn t supply, it is demand. paxlovid is wildly underutilized and is just sitting on shelves. there are limitations. it is authorized under emergency use authorization, it has to be taken within five days of the onse
talk about covid anymore. certainly not politicians. basically no one wants to close down bars. and things like mask requirements are either struck down by courts, or just dropped. the virus is not gone. and we have basically abandoned any and all public health measures, non-pharmaceutical interventions, from stopping it from circulating. the good news is that we now live in a world where the overwhelming majority of folks could at least theoretically be vaccinated and boosted, and everyone who comes down with covid again, could theoretically get this antiviral drug right away. feel much better, must faster, dramatically reduced risk. if this were the reality, near 100% boosting rate, and universal automatic access to anti viral therapeutics, it would massively improve the situation for all of us. and again, it is not unlike what happened with hiv. for years, a cure seemed practically impossible. but slowly, with a lot of very hard work, we developed a therapeutic, that