50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic

Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by mycall on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:04PM (#22612858)

Would not the influenza vaccine be better than using osetalmivir?

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Re:50% – 75% of cases of Covid-19 are asymptomatic by vanniv on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @12:43AM (#22613710)

These serve different purposes.

If you are already infected, a vaccine is not useful.

But regardless, there is no approved treatment for COVID.

Gilead's new antiviral looks promising, and the Chloroquine/Azithromycin combo looks promising, too, but the first isn't approved for any use yet, and the second is an uncertain off-label use, so in either case, you aren't going to get those treatments unless the alternative is likely death, if you can get them them at all.

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