Finding COVID treatment if you get sick

1 big thing

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🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Antiviral treatments like Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill have been shown to reduce hospitalization and death from COVID by as much as 90%. But so far, these treatments have been hard to find. Yesterday the White House announced a series of steps it was taking to fix that problem. Plus, why more people of color are buying guns in the U.S. And, Harvard examines its ties to slavery. Guests: Axios' Adriel Bettelheim and Shawna Chen. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, and Lydia McMullen-Laird. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go deeper: Scoop: Many COVID treatment pills going unused COVID-19 Test to Treat Locator Why more people of color are buying guns Harvard commits $100 million to redress ties to slavery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.4	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. We've made it to Wednesday. It's April 27th. I'm
0:39.1	Milo Boudou. Here's what you need to know today. Why more people of color are buying guns
0:43.8	in the U.S. Plus, Harvard examines its ties to slavery. But first, today's one big thing.
0:50.9	COVID treatment, if you get sick.
0:54.7	Vice President Kamala Harris announced yesterday that she's tested positive for COVID. She
1:02.0	got her second booster earlier this month and so far, Harris' symptoms are mild. The
1:07.0	news from her office came a few hours after the White House announced a series of steps
1:11.3	it's taking to address a key problem in our COVID recovery plan, making antiviral treatments
1:17.6	easier to find. Here with the details, is Axios Senior Healthcare Editor, Adriel Betoheim.
1:22.3	Hi, Adriel. Hi, nice to be with you. Let's first start with what drugs are available
1:28.2	right now for the treatment of COVID and how effective are they?
1:31.4	So these antiviral drugs include Pfizer's Paxlovid and Merck's Mon Lupervere. And these
1:39.4	drugs are normally available in pharmacies, community health centers, VA clinics, urgent
1:47.6	care centers. Currently, these are available for adults and kids ages 12 and up who've
1:53.6	tested positive and are at risk of developing severe COVID. And these have shown to be
1:59.6	very effective in keeping people at risk of severe infections out of the hospital and
2:05.0	possibly dying, maybe as much as 90%. The trick is that it's meant to be taken within
2:11.4	five days of the onset of symptoms. So this is a real game changer if you can treat people
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