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yardwork

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14. This study would have to be replicated, but it's interesting.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Oct 31, 2021, 11:37 AM

Oct 2021

The danger of Covid seems to be the inflammatory response among some individuals. Anxiety and depression trigger inflammation, so drugs that reduce anxiety and depression might reduce the inflammatory response to Covid. Or not. One study is intriguing but not definitive.

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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