Re:Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early Covid-19
by fallingknife on Thursday October 28, 2021 @01:28AM
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In a way it is though. There is a 84% chance you wouldn't go to the hospital either way, an 11% chance that you will go to the hospital either way, and a 5% chance that you will be saved from going to the hospital. So there is a 1 in 20 chance that this drug will save you from being hospitalized. It could also make your illness less severe in the other scenarios though.
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Re:Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early Covid-19
by npunt on Thursday October 28, 2021 @02:06AM
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Population and individual stats are different though. If someone is older and in a higher risk group, the drug could indeed reduce hospitalization risk for that individual much more than 5%, while for other low-risk groups it could do next to nothing.