Pfizer, Merck start testing COVID prevention pills in late-stage trials

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  1. JoeyJunk

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    A small percentage of us won’t. But the masses will take anything based on hope. Didn’t we hear all this same talk about the vaccines in the beginning and still to this day? And masks. And distancing. And lock downs. It was all about prevention then too.
     
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    If they develop these pills for free, including no subsidies, and distribute them to the population, I could get on board with that. One single act of good will in their miserable existence.

    Even if Corona was never politicized at all, it really is only about the money to them.
     
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    Proven survival rates of documented cases are 98.2% or mortality rate is 1.8% Either way. Given the obvious fact that there have been many undocumented cases, actual survival rate is estimated to be 99%. No one knows for sure. It may actually be higher. Those are the averages. The 34million confirmed cases in the US. 610,000 deaths. Still a lot of deaths. I don’t blame anyone for not Trusting the Vaccine. It’s a game of odds and chances. The healthier someone is, the better the odds of Survival. Since either can still catch and spread the virus, it’s up to each person to weigh the Possible pros and cons. Seems for the most part, those who were vaccinated, haven’t died from Covid complications. Same way the flu shot works. You can still get the flu, but it probably won’t kill you. There’s always exceptions. But I tend to believe in the Law of averages. It all depends on ones health, where you fall in the scale of averages. Pre existing health problems, has a weighted effect on chances of survival, if infected.
     
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    That will be almost impossible, lots of heads stuck there these days....
     
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    Anyone wanna bet these pills are basically just HCQ and/or ivermectin changed just enough that they can rake cash?
     
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    Ohhh I'd take a good wager thats exactly what it is, something they can slap old joes name on too, as the hero who saved us from Covid...haha its all a sick joke....we're being fooled by the clowns in charge...
     
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    Good, they can stick it up their own ### then.
     
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    Gonna be a really interesting holiday season with all the drama with drugs and covid.....
     
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    Its all about filling the coffers at big pharma.
     
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    Research costs money...my company health plan paid out $20K {Pfizer) for a drug in development stage for me 30 years ago...and it worked...pretty miserable side effects during the 12 month treatment meanwhile others with the same virus were dying as other treatments only prolonged life until internal organ failed.

    Also Pfizer makes Viagara,,,if they can raise the dead they can save the living:)
     
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