A new oral antiviral drug from Pfizer has now approved emergency authorization on Wednesday, 22/12/2021.
The roll out of the oral antiviral drug may be instrumental in combating the menace of Covid, many who have phobia's for needles can now do away with that excuse for not getting vaccinated. My question however is - will this oral antiviral drug be a one time thing, or a drug that will be taken whenever one experiences symptoms of COVID like other drugs?
A fear of needles is not the only reason people decline to get vaccinated.
Even if you are vaccinated, you can still get sick from covid, and can die from covid, although there is evidence that the vaccine reduces the risk of serious illness and death from covid. It also takes some time after you have received the vaccine for its protection to start.
So if you are at high risk of serious illness and you get covid, you can take this drug to reduce the risk of a negative outcome.
This is something that should reduce the negative consequences for covid being prevalent throughout the world.