US Authorizes COVID PILL - Is Canada Ready?

[Jim Dixon]

Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment.

Let's skip ahead to next year sometime. Apparently, Pfizer's treatment, which consists of three pills are taken twice a day for five days. But, the article is a tad shy of some other information. For example, it states 'citizens' "...take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus". That means that one must have symptoms first. The consequences of this are in the article.

Some fun number stuff:
The cost to american taxpayers is $500.00 "for each course of [urlhttps://www.castanet.net/news/World/355260/Pfiz ... ent#355260]Pfizer's treatment[/url]".
In Canada, that means our population minus zero to age 14, is about 34,319,871 - roughly :) Canada would need about 34.4 million "course" doses at today's conversion rate amounting to $642.05 CAD per course dosage or if dealt out to everyone, our invoice would be about 34. million times 642 dollars is about $21,845,000,000.00 ... twenty-two billion dollars added to annual tax bill.
Conversely, the 'jab' costs taxpayers "The 2021 budget released in April said the total was somewhere around $9 billion" because, it was shown that Canada got a deal at $8.18 per dose of AstraZeneca, or out cost of $163 million for the 20 million doses Trudeau ordered. "It is the first time Canada has provided any details of its contracts, but there are a lot of blank pages and deleted details, including all information related to price or delivery schedules."

Some readers might remember their kindergarten and grade 1 days when we had to line up at the drinking fountain and the teacher would hand us a Cod Liver Oil capsule and watch as we swallow it, the teacher checking each mouth. Are we ready for this?

There is a logistics nightmare to ensure everyone swallowed their pills. AND, a reminder, this is a pill for those with COVID symptoms - and is not a preventative.

IMO: This isn't getting better. It's just getting more costly, and crazy.

~j~

[LordEd]

Are you predicting everyone will be infected? Why would everyone be required to take it?

[Catsumi]

Isn’t that the goal though? Vax everyone and their kids, then do it again and again?

[Jonrox]

The OP doesn’t understand what this drug is for and as such, his numbers are absolutely meaningless. He needs to do a better job of doing his own research.

The FDA is only recommending this drug be used for individuals who test positive AND are at a high risk for hospitalization or death from a severe Covid infection. It’s not meant for everybody who tests positive.

From the FDA’s press release…

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer’s Paxlovid for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.

[OKkayak]

Okay... Then what is it? Because none of this is working, yet we keep going in the same direction.


Just one more shot, just two more weeks, just a few more restrictions, just a bit more... This time it will work, we promise.

Of course its working, its keeping a lot of people out of the hospital. This is literally Biology 101 - its not difficult to understand the very basics of vaccines. Geezus.

The OP doesn’t understand what this drug is for and as such,

Does this surprise you?

There was a doctor on one of the late shows about 3-4 weeks ago (think it was Stephen Colbert) and he said that they were just a couple of weeks away from making the announcement in regards to this treatment.

[Silverstarqueen]

The OP doesn’t understand what this drug is for and as such, his numbers are absolutely meaningless. He needs to do a better job of doing his own research.

The FDA is only recommending this drug be used for individuals who test positive AND are at a high risk for hospitalization or death from a severe Covid infection. It’s not meant for everybody who tests positive.

From the FDA’s press release…

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer’s Paxlovid for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.

So presuming that say, 10% even get infected in a given year, and 5% of those are at risk of hospitalization, and most people are vaccinated so they are less likely to be hospitalized anyway, the anti-vaxxers, are the only ones who would turn down an authorized treatment, let's face it, this will be considered experimental for at least 10 years by them. That leaves a pretty select group who might need it, or be willing to take it. But, at even $500 a crack, it would save our hospitals millions. Plus there would be an argument for keeping the unvaccinated out of hospital, since the doc would offer them the "Pill", they would turn it down, and be sent home to ride it out. Seems like a win/win. Most sane people would rather take a pill at home for a few days, than take a tour in the hospital for a couple of weeks.

[Mark1111]

But will it be a red pill or will it be a blue pill?

[vinnied]

The OP doesn’t understand what this drug is for and as such, his numbers are absolutely meaningless. He needs to do a better job of doing his own research.

The FDA is only recommending this drug be used for individuals who test positive AND are at a high risk for hospitalization or death from a severe Covid infection. It’s not meant for everybody who tests positive.

From the FDA’s press release…

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Pfizer’s Paxlovid for the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.

Funny how they can distinquish whos at a "high risk" of developing severe covid or death when it comes to the miracle pill, but couldnt do the same when it came to the miracle jab.

[Boss Mustang]

Covid Pill. LOL. Didn't the "Vaccines" work? This is nothing but a new form of "delivery" of the poison. Like being in Jones Town. You can drink the grape Kool-Aid or they can conveniently make it into a Popsicle. Now you have you choice. We are truly living in a Clown World.

[OKkayak]

But will it be a red pill or will it be a blue pill?

LOL - now that was clever

[OKkayak]

Funny how they can distinquish whos at a "high risk" of developing severe covid or death when it comes to the miracle pill, but couldnt do the same when it came to the miracle jab.

Funny how they did distinguish who is at a high risk in regards to the jab - thats why they were the first ones to get the jab.

[vinnied]

Funny how they can distinquish whos at a "high risk" of developing severe covid or death when it comes to the miracle pill, but couldnt do the same when it came to the miracle jab.

Funny how they did distinguish who is at a high risk in regards to the jab - thats why they were the first ones to get the jab.

And yet the mandates continue.

[Boss Mustang]

Meanwhile, the Dutch have a new word. Prikspijt. Seems like there's a lot of that going around here as well. Both my friends who got jabbed fit into that category. With regret comes misery. And we know misery loves company.

[OKkayak]

And yet the mandates continue.

Thats right, they do. Just because you don't fall in to the same category as those who get their jab before you do, doesn't mean you're not at risk, you're just not as high risk as they are.

[OKkayak]

Meanwhile, the Dutch have a new word. Prikspijt

I prefer the other word of the year in Holland - wappiegeluid

My favourite is the translation for Boss Mustang - domkop