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Covid treatments

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:41 pm
by jimbob
Some promising antivirals - including molnupiravir

https://www.merck.com/news/merck-and-ri ... r-moderat/

Re: Covid treatments

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:05 pm
by lpm
We tend to talk more about waning vaccine effectiveness than improving treatment.

Re: Covid treatments

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2021 9:53 pm
by Boustrophedon
jimbob wrote:
Fri Oct 01, 2021 6:41 pm
Some promising antivirals - including molnupiravir

https://www.merck.com/news/merck-and-ri ... r-moderat/
Spotted this today in the news. It seems to work by buggering up RNA replication causing multiple and eventual lethal mutations in the virus.

Is there any RNA replication in mammalian cells? Just how safe is it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molnupiravir