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Re:SARSCoV2 cell entry depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2, blockabl... by tom_mellior on Friday March 06, 2020 @05:34AM (#22502504)
> I won't wait for docs to discuss prescribing it if i get any symptoms. I may even take it for preventative use.

In addition to what everyone else said, would this even make sense in non-preventative use? By the time you show symptoms, the virus has already had several days to spread around your body. Would disrupting cell entry not be much too late at that point?

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Re:SARSCoV2 cell entry depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2, blockabl... by usrusr on Friday March 06, 2020 @07:01AM (#22502920)
Sure, because those cells that are already pressed into virus copy duty won't survive forever. Corona copies, being enveloped viruses, apparently can leave the host cell without killing it, but once self-infection is blocked the remaining recovery should be hardly more a victory lap.
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