Thiago Carvalho · @cyrilpedia
1619 followers · 6276 posts · Server qoto.org

"I’m glad to see this paper - it’s a look from Pfizer about how they were able to scale up (the antiviral component of the combination) so quickly. The authors are surely correct when they say that this 17-month timeline is a record for the drug industry, and it’s very much worth seeing how this all happened."

science.org/content/blog-post/

#Nirmatrelvir #antiviral #drugdevelopment #COVID19 #PAXLOVID

Last updated 2 years ago

Thiago Carvalho · @cyrilpedia
1589 followers · 5609 posts · Server qoto.org

"A panel of expert advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday endorsed as a treatment for adults with Covid who are at high risk for progression to severe illness. The move is likely to lead to full approval of the drug, which has been available under emergency use authorization."

nytimes.com/2023/03/16/health/

#COVID19 #antiviral #PAXLOVID #COVID

Last updated 2 years ago

Catherine Clase · @cmclase
313 followers · 424 posts · Server qoto.org

New eligibility for PCR testing in Ontario.
symptoms plus
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection
➡️ all the previously eligible groups (frontline workers, pregnant people, people who are immunocompromised etc)

ontario.ca/page/covid-19-testi

eligibility expanded too (same page, scroll down):
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition or immunocompromised
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection

Where to get tested:
ontario.ca/assessment-centre-l

Self-certify 'I'm eligible' if you are in one of those groups.

In |Hamilton

stjoes.ca/coronavirus/covid-19

Don't rely on test-and-treat or vaccination. Prevent community transmission to a vulnerable person and prevent with and

.

maskevidence.org/why-masks-mat

#COVID #BetterMasks #MasksWork #SystemsApproaches #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #DoAllTheThings #filtration #paidsickdays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #PAXLOVID #hamont #LongCovid #masks #ventilation #maskmandate #maskmandatenow #CovidLong #N95s #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #n99 #CovidTesting #bringbacktesting

Last updated 2 years ago

Thiago Carvalho · @cyrilpedia
1316 followers · 3023 posts · Server qoto.org

'China’s elites are stockpiling supplies of , Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral drug, and giving it away to curry favour with business associates as an unprecedented Covid wave sweeps the country, leaving hospitals stripped of resources and ordinary people struggling to access medication.'


ft.com/content/0687def9-585f-4

#PAXLOVID #COVID #COVID19

Last updated 2 years ago