Salient points:
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Bottom Line: Both therapeutics work best when applied early.
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Merck has a contract with the US government to supply 1.7 million courses of Molnupiravir at a price of $700 US per course. Really? How much would a course of Ivermectin cost? Five bucks?
OF COURSE, Merck is not doing this out of the kindness of their heart....$17.74 to produce a 5 day supply,
CHA CHING.....$$$$ maker. Oh, but of course, there is R&D to consider to bring to market....Pharmco
is a piranha.
Maybe some people with a deep fear of needles will do this instead. Some of the polio vaccines were given via sugar cube instead of needle. Made it much easier to dispense. Didn't need super cold storage like the Pfizer shots.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.