more than likely he is going to get the antivrals and such they would only used for hospitalized right off the bat. like paxlovid.
You don’t need to be hospitalized to get all the antivirals. In fact, that’s the whole thing paxlovid is supposed to prevent. Anyone with risk factors can take paxlovid, and it’s very effective at preventing severe covid. It should be started as soon as possible, not waiting until someone’s already hospitalized. Even in unvaccinated people, if taken early in the course, is 90% effective at preventing severe disease.
Remdesivir is the one that’s generally only for hospitalized patients, though even that can be used pre hospital too.
Anyways point is, if you get covid, and have risk factors for severe covid, call your doctor or urgent care to get paxlovid to take if you can, especially if you’re unvaccinated.
And yeah between getting diagnosed quickly, getting paxlovid I’m sure, and being immunized, Biden will very likely be fine.
Edit: yes he started paxlovid https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5043814/biden-covid
And to add on “risk factors” is incredibly broad. Being overweight or having some very common diseases counts. And that’s only if the prescribing medical professional is being a stickler.
Very broad you’re right, here’s the cdc info on it:
Age alone is enough to qualify.
I took Paxlovid when I got COVID. Started taking it the day I tested positive. Worked great initially - I was very tired for around a week, sleeping for most of the first two days, but didn’t feel completely terrible.
However, a day or two after I had finished taking it, the symptoms came back much worse and I was pretty sick for another week and a half. Apparently rebound/recurrence of symptoms happens in around one in five people that take Paxlovid.
My experience has been that the antivirals are pretty easy to get just for a regular case. If you catch it, don’t assume you can’t get them. But do contact your doctor early, as there is a time window. Better to get on them early when you’re not feeling that badly than wait until you think you’re sick enough to justify it.
