Antivirals & Rebound; Metformin & Paxlovid; Mpox & COVID Updates | Week of 8/19/24

8/20/24- In today’s briefing, after an Mpox & COVID Update, we review Antivirals & Rebound, Metformin & Paxlovid.

LINKS INCLUDED IN BRIEFING:

Outpatient treatment of COVID-19 and incidence of post-COVID-19 condition over 10 months (COVID-OUT): a multicentre, randomised, quadruple-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 trial:

Favorable Antiviral Effect of Metformin on SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load in a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of COVID-19:

preprint: Metformin reduces SARS-CoV-2 in a Phase 3 Randomized Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial:

Prior briefing: Does vaccination reduce the risk of Long Covid?:

CDC List of Conditions:

Timestamps:
0:08 - Introduction
0:46 - Covid Update
8:19 - MPox Update
15:21 - Antivirals & Rebound
39:10 - Summary & Tips

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[tonilarson]

Please, please continue these updates! I'm so thankful for your hard work and education on all of this!

[Turtledove]

Thank for your hard work and research into these infectious diseases, particularly Covid-19. That virus intrigues me - I don't trust it. Much more may come to light as more studies reach compleiton.

[viennamumm]

You said the list of who is high risk is linked in the post but I don’t see it in the description so I’m not sure what you’re referring to :(