Does having Long COVID mean you have a persistent virus in your body?
Covid and Viral Persistence
If there is a viral reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 why did the Stanford Paxlovid trial fail? The drug might be insufficient, or poor penetration in some reservoirs, or inappropriate end points, etc. Dominique Salmon MD PhD
“If there is a viral reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 why did the Stanford Paxlovid trial fail? The drug might be insufficient, or poor penetration in some reservoirs, or inappropriate end points, etc. Dominique Salmon MD PhD”
👀 NEW: Stunning interview w former director, virologist Robert Redfield:
“Stunning interview w former @CDCgov director, virologist Robert Redfield:
COVID vaccines ‘Do not prevent infection & didn’t impact kinetics of pandemic…They don’t work that well, they’re not durable. What does work better is antiviral drug development [EARLY TX!!!] & we haven’t invested heavily there... Annual flu vaccines only work 25-50% of the time. Vaccines…won’t protect us against bird flu.’”