If only the golden rule applied here. I recently went to restock my expiring Covid tests and why aren't they subsidized? The average family just can not afford to pay 10$/test. Our "tools" are a slim tool box in my opinion: vaccines that wane quickly, and are reactogenic, Paxlovid--pricey with myriad drug interactions and the requirement of (expensive and possibly less sensitive) rapid tests to identify early infections and successful interaction with the medical system, and no new oral meds in the pipeline--the Japanese oral seems to be languishing and the Gilead oral just got pulled from phase 3 trials. It's disheartening.
Exactly right, Jeremy. This would be the perfect spot for govt help with developing tx without financial risk. Let me be clear, I am no fan of trump, can’t stand the man. However he did remove the financial risk for pharmaceutical companies to develop the first vaccines for COVID.
If only the golden rule applied here. I recently went to restock my expiring Covid tests and why aren't they subsidized? The average family just can not afford to pay 10$/test. Our "tools" are a slim tool box in my opinion: vaccines that wane quickly, and are reactogenic, Paxlovid--pricey with myriad drug interactions and the requirement of (expensive and possibly less sensitive) rapid tests to identify early infections and successful interaction with the medical system, and no new oral meds in the pipeline--the Japanese oral seems to be languishing and the Gilead oral just got pulled from phase 3 trials. It's disheartening.
Assuming the FDA is led by smart people why are they unable to see what you can see (as well as substackers like Yglesias not trained in science)?
yeah it's a little baffling.
Any idea when this new vaccine will be available?
Exactly right, Jeremy. This would be the perfect spot for govt help with developing tx without financial risk. Let me be clear, I am no fan of trump, can’t stand the man. However he did remove the financial risk for pharmaceutical companies to develop the first vaccines for COVID.