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43840 Re: Pfizer said its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people.
   Scott Gottlieb calls this pill the end of the pandemic, at least in Am...
Cactus Flower   ALEA   06 Nov 2021
8:23 AM
43833 Re: Pfizer said its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people.
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clo2   ALEA   05 Nov 2021
2:34 PM
43832 Re: Pfizer said its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people.
   The pill costs $800.00, the vaccine 0.
clo2   ALEA   05 Nov 2021
2:34 PM

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Re: Pfizer said its pill to treat Covid-19 had been found to be highly effective at preventing severe illness among at-risk people.

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Fri, 05 Nov 21 2:25 PM
Msg. 43830 of 54959
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That sounds great. It's exactly what is needed for everyone, including the folks who won't get themselves vaccinated. But I'd rather multiply the reduced risk after vaccination by 11% than the unvaccinated risk.

An unfortunate side-effect will be that anti-vaxxers will definitely choose not to be vaccinated now.

If UK mortality rates drop to 11% of their current rate, no one here is going to be concerned about covid any more. The risk will seem miniscule compared to major killers such as cancer and heart disease. I hope I am intepreting the number correctly - ie that the 89% reduction multiplier is the same for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, so for vaccinated people the end risk is far less because it is a reduction of an already reduced risk.