After testing positive, Vice President Harris began taking COVID pills despite not having symptoms. Here's why many experts support this:
in December that Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospitalization or death among high-risk adults by 89%.if they have underlying medical conditions, such as cancer, kidney disease, lung disease and diabetes, among others.
Other high-risk individuals include people who are more likely to be exposed to the virus due to their work and those who cannot access health care.she is modeling a practice that many experts say more people need to take: After testing positive, she began the treatment course before her disease progressed, Axios' Caitlin Owens writes.
Harris' office did not respond to Axios' request for comment, but Allen said in her statement that the vice president was prescribed Paxlovid after consulting with her physicians.says patients should take Paxlovid "as soon as possible after diagnosis of COVID-19 and within five days of symptom onset."
The treatment is administered as three tablets that should be taking orally twice a day for five days.The announcement that Harris was prescribed and began taking Paxlovid comes as the Biden administration struggles to have its federal supplyThe federal government is currently making 175,000 doses of Paxlovid available every week, according to data from theThese doses are then allocated to states and territories.
"Any high risk person should have it. Timing really matters. The earlier the better. People should not wait until they develop symptoms to start taking it," Leana Wen, emergency physician and professor at George Washington University, told Axios.
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