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		rsynnott on Oct 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitaliza... Given that this is a drug that's only given to people who _have covid_, I'd say it's incredibly difficult to disambiguate from covid symptoms.

ashtonkem on Oct 1, 2021 [–]

Covid and at least one comorbidity. 14% of the control group died; it’s no surprise that 40% had some sort of bad reaction, since presumably they were in pretty bad shape overall.

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