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ooli@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Joe Biden is taking Paxlovid, even though doctors know it doesn't really work

www.businessinsider.com

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Joe Biden is taking Paxlovid, even though doctors know it doesn't really work

www.businessinsider.com

ooli@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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President Joe Biden said he has COVID and started Paxlovid on Wednesday. Why? Studies show it's a dud.
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    huh, but in other sources cite studies for example of 2022 that it is quite useful to prevent hospitalisation/decreases the severity by 88%. So how is it a dud? (https://www.sciencemediacenter.de/alle-angebote/fact-sheet/details/news/paxlovid-wirkung-rebound-und-long-covid/, https://www.stiftung-gesundheitswissen.de/wissen/paxlovid-wie-wirksam-und-sicher-ist-das-covid-19-medikament)

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      It’s not, Business Insider is just trash.

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        apparently it works though :/

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    Did some idiot confuse Paxlovid with Ivermectin?

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      Good ole Paxlomectin

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    Actually, it does work… It was shown to not prevent long covid, but that is all

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    “Joe Biden is taking the only covid drug even though it hasn’t seen great result” and proceed to not provide an alternate medicine. Like, okay, sure, what’s he supposed to do lol.

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    Interesting. I didn’t know Paxlovid’s effectiveness is now considered very low.

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      It’s not. These people are idiots or Russian. Probably both.

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    rich yanks and quack remedies, name a more iconic duo

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      …name a more iconic duo

      Lemmings and trashing Americans.

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    because Biden loves duds

    look at the duds he has given in his half century as a career politician

    after fifty years can we not get anyone new

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      Should he be injecting disinfectant instead?

      What about putting light inside someone? Or just use a sunbed to get as much UV light as possible?

      https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52399464

      Or should he be taking ivermectin?

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        Quick, write ‘NOT’ a dud in sharpie!

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      Word salad says what?

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        I speak jive, and I’m stumped.

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          It’s a low country dialect called jive turkey.

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      We know, we know. Anything but stop the fascist from murdering queer people.

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