We're in a much better position than we were a year and a half ago when this hit. There are treatments like monocolonal antibodies that are intended to help prevent them from getting hospitalized in the first place. The big downsighn of dexametha zone is it is only helpful against severe disease. T actually has negative effects if it's administered early in the course of illness, cause it suppresses the immune system. We still really need a cove treatment that can happen early, that's cheap, and that doesn't need medical supervision to administer. Are we working on one of those? Yes.
Neigh!
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