Paxlovid’s failure as a preventative measure raises questions, but doctors still back it as a therapeutic

The news that Paxlovid did not work as a preventative for Covid doesn’t affect its primary use, experts say: treating people who are already sick.

Pfizer released news late Friday that Paxlovid, the antiviral currently subject to a big push from the U.S. government, failed to prevent people living with Covid patients from catching the infection.

The news is one of several bad headlines for the new Covid pill, but one experts say doesn’t affect the medicine’s primary use: treating people who are already sick.

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