Don't bother with Paxlovid unless you already have one foot in the grave.
However, people between the ages of 40 and 64 who were at high risk saw no measurable benefit, according to the analysis of medical records.
Among the 66,433 patients who were 40 to 64 years of age, hospitalization due to COVID-19 occurred in 7 treated patients (15.2 cases per 100,000 person-days) and in 327 untreated patients (15.8 cases per 100,000 person-days), which is not such a significant difference.
Among those patients, death due to COVID-19 occurred in 1 of 1,418 treated patients and in 16 of 65,015 untreated patients.
The patients were given the drug shortly after infection.
Among the 66,433 patients who were 40 to 64 years of age, hospitalization due to COVID-19 occurred in 7 treated patients (15.2 cases per 100,000 person-days) and in 327 untreated patients (15.8 cases per 100,000 person-days), which is not such a significant difference.
Among those patients, death due to COVID-19 occurred in 1 of 1,418 treated patients and in 16 of 65,015 untreated patients.
The patients were given the drug shortly after infection.


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