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bucolic_frolic

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1. Put me in the less than impressed category

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Oct 28, 2021, 12:41 PM

Oct 2021

More sleep, a jolt to physical activity, electrical activity moving a little faster? Not the same as actively fighting the virus if that's what this is suggesting.

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Antidepressant Drug Shows Promise In Treating Covid-19, Study Finds [View all] appalachiablue Oct 2021 OP

Put me in the less than impressed category bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #1

Agreed. We have seen so many of these preliminary studies Ray Bruns Oct 2021 #2

At least it's probably better than taking horse dewormer. ToxMarz Oct 2021 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #4

Yeah, 'happy pills' appalachiablue Oct 2021 #5

we need more "happy pills" please! RussBLib Oct 2021 #7

Five percent effectiveness doesn't seem like that big a deal. nt Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #6

Compare 11% to 16% -- that's a drop of 31%. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 #12

I'm not saying it shouldn't be used just that Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #13

From a population health perspective that's huge. yardwork Oct 2021 #15

and the right wing will be against it because it will have the "side" effect of dealing with Javaman Oct 2021 #8

Interesting dovetail with the news that depression, JudyM Oct 2021 #9

I didn't see this yet, very significant. Thank you! appalachiablue Oct 2021 #10

If it works, it won't be cheap for long MissMillie Oct 2021 #11

This study would have to be replicated, but it's interesting. yardwork Oct 2021 #14