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2. New drug, a pill, blocks covid transmission

Fri Dec 4, 2020, 12:48 AM

Dec 2020

It seems to block an infected person from transmitting the disease within 24 hours. https://news.gsu.edu/2020/12/03/oral-drug-blocks-sars-cov-2-transmission-georgia-state-biomedical-sciences-researchers-find/

And it seems to reduce the chance the patient will advance to dangerous illness.

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For sure, he is not the only happy one! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2020 #1

New drug, a pill, blocks covid transmission Cicada Dec 2020 #2

If humans react like ferrets, this could be incredibly important. hedda_foil Dec 2020 #3