A practical treatment for COVID‐19 and the next pandemic

[...]investigators can only speculate on the origins of SARS-CoV-2 and its many variants: delta and more recently omicron. 3,4 Scientists and health officials believe we will eventually face another pandemic. [...]these drugs will be expensive for people living in developed countries and they will not be available in developing countries anytime soon. [...]antiviral resistance will always be a threat. Adapted from reference 15 First author Adjusted (ref) Methods HR/OR 95% CI p value Zhang 15 CCS, PSM (4:1) 0.58 0.43–0.80 .001 Rodriguez-Nava 15 cohort, ICU 0.38 0.18–0.77 .008 Mallow 15 Cohort 0.54 0.49–0.60