How well do COVID antivirals actually work? Not as well as we thought

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:07:41 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/how-well-do-covid-antivirals-actually-work-not-as-well-as-we-thought-289309>

"If you’re aged over 70, or over 50 with underlying health conditions, and have
tested positive for COVID, you might have been offered free or subsidised
antivirals.

Earlier in the pandemic, these medicines were an important way to reduce the
chance of people becoming severely ill with COVID, needing to be hospitalised,
or dying.

But our new research suggests that with high levels of vaccination and immunity
from previous infections, COVID antivirals are no longer working as well."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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