The average daily COVID death count could be reduced to about 50 a day from 400 currently – if every patient aged 50 either took Paxlovid or used monoclonal antibodies, White House COVID coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said.
A large number of U.S. COVID deaths could be prevented if patients would take Paxlovid, the antiviral developed by Pfizer PFE, -1.47% that helps reduce the risk of hospitalization and death, according to White House COVID coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha.
The issue seems to be a combination of worry about certain issues that Paxlovid can cause, including a strange metallic taste and the potential for “rebound COVID,” where patients quickly become reinfected after the five-day course of pills has been completed. That happened to both President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden recently.
“I think almost everybody benefits from Paxlovid,” Jha said. “For some people, the benefit is tiny. For others, the benefit is massive.” The daily average for hospitalizations was down 11% at 27,021, while the daily average for deaths is down 8% to 391.
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