The problem is in the first few days of an infection you won’t know whether you’ll be sufficiently sick to be hospitalised on say day 10. We don’t really know who will deteriorate on day 7 and beyond, and who will recover. And if you take the drug later it won’t be as effective.
I suspect this drug will only be used for high risk groups, due to risk of side-effects and the high price (US is paying $700 per course).
The problem is in the first few days of an infection you won’t know whether you’ll be sufficiently sick to be hospitalised on say day 10. We don’t really know who will deteriorate on day 7 and beyond, and who will recover. And if you take the drug later it won’t be as effective.
I suspect this drug will only be used for high risk groups, due to risk of side-effects and the high price (US is paying $700 per course).