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70sEraVet

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4. Saving lives is always a good thing, but unless I'm mistaken,

Reply to StarryNite (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 11, 2021, 09:06 AM

Oct 2021

it won't contribute to stemming the spread of the disease, unless it is somehow tied to a vaccination.
I'm concerned that it will only encourage people avoid vaccination, because they can just take a pill to get better.
Am I wrong to look for a broken piece of glass in the punch bowl?

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Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2021 OP

This could be huge! StarryNite Oct 2021 #1

Saving lives is always a good thing, but unless I'm mistaken, 70sEraVet Oct 2021 #4

I agree Rebl2 Oct 2021 #10

But vaccinated people can still have breakthrough cases. StarryNite Oct 2021 #12

True, but Rebl2 Oct 2021 #15

Your concern is my concern. StarryNite Oct 2021 #11

I think anything reasonable in the arsenal to fight COVID hamsterjill Oct 2021 #14

I agree. StarryNite Oct 2021 #19

If they do approve a pill it will be interesting to watch how many of the non-vax will step..... usaf-vet Oct 2021 #29

Needle phobia is a very real thing. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #31

Listen I was making the point that all the non-vaxers scream that they won't get the vaccine because usaf-vet Oct 2021 #33

Thanks for clarifying. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #34

Maybe the pill only works... cojoel Oct 2021 #16

LOL StarryNite Oct 2021 #20

Hey good point. So why don't we get some democratic states to pass a law that to vote you will be... usaf-vet Oct 2021 #32

no, you're right. barbtries Oct 2021 #22

Wonder what the price will be. HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #2

Did you take THE PILL? underpants Oct 2021 #3

Anti science anti vaxxers gonna go anti-medicinal pills? Fun indeed. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #5

i'd lay odds barbtries Oct 2021 #23

Yes. When they get sick, in hospital...struggling for breath, they will, in a great final Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #28

Ooooooh..and it's a RED pill, too! luvs2sing Oct 2021 #9

BONUS!! underpants Oct 2021 #17

"to reduce their symptoms and speed recovery" is nice, but the vaccine is best. PSPS Oct 2021 #6

Isn't calling a Covid treatment "anti-Covid" a little misleading? CrispyQ Oct 2021 #7

You're right. This just mimics the palliative effects already afforded by the vaccine. PSPS Oct 2021 #8

Would say, sir, that a pill is a pill, for treatment. Even the MAGAs will get that, or Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #26

A more accurate comparison is with monoclonal antibody infusions Lasher Oct 2021 #30

I don't know Rebl2 Oct 2021 #13

Believe they might actually understand it's ...a pill...for treatment. Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #27

True, sir. Simply "covid treatment" would seem enough, as in "cancer treatment". Alexander Of Assyria Oct 2021 #25

Sadly they would rather take ivermectin Sugarmaggie Oct 2021 #18

Mutagenic nowforever Oct 2021 #21

The Biden pill? ebbie15644 Oct 2021 #24