Regardless of what the answer was to your "access to paxlovid?" question, it's a sample size of 1. Can't really reach a conclusion based off either yes or no. You wanted an answer to know if the aunt had access / took paxlovid, right? If the answer was yes, again, it's a sample size of 1. Potency and efficacy can't be determined based off n=1. If the answer was no, what are you going to do? Have an "I told you so" attitude towards the poster and their aunt about paxlovid? Attempting to ask that question in this space, helps literally no one. Except, I guess yourself.
A lot of the learnings in our lives are formed through a series of experiences of a sample size of 1. Plus, the conversation is taking place in a forum where other people such as yourself can join the conversation with their own sample size of 1. Exchanging experiences on how to improve access to potentially life-saving treatment does not seem like something negative to me. The person I asked was not offended, so I have no idea why you are so hostile.
Yes, I can join the conversation. But I'm just chiming in with my opinion on what I've seen from this thread. I'm not trying to ask about someone's deceased aunt and their past medical history / personal information. If you really wanted to learn about paxlovid, there is plenty of research from studies literally created to study the drug. Yes, you can learn something from an experience with n=1, but broadly speaking, if you really wanted to learn about the effects of a drug, a sample size of 1 and anecdotal evidence is something you should take with a grain of salt. For example, you can ask your friend what their experience is like with their new car, as you're interested in purchasing the same car. But if they say it's a bad year for the make/model, are you then going to immediately swear off buying it? No, you'd probably take their opinion under consideration but also do more research and go more broad with trying to figure out if the car is good or not. You're moving the goalposts, here. "Exchanging experiences...treatment." Like, what is that? Are you going to ask if the aunt had a car or another means to get the medication? Are you going to ask what type of insurance she has? Are you going to about the aunt's socioeconomic status, too? It's a rabbit hole of personal information that you're going down. Very weird. I'm not hostile at all. It's just not every day that I see an exchange like this. And I just think it's weird.
I don't want to find out about the effectiveness of antiviral treatment. I want people who could be helped by it to get it. So I want to learn from experiences of others - my learnings so far are that many people who could/should have been helped (those who are eligible due to their age and/or pre-existing conditions) have not been offered the treatment. There was no offense intended and apparently none taken by the poster I asked. You are of course free to find it weird anyway. All the other stuff you are coming up with is not something I asked or was going to ask. And I find it weird that you are making up all this BS. And frankly, I find that more disrespectful towards the intent of the thread than simply non-aggressively asking a question aimed towards exchanging experiences on how to better get help, given that it still is such a common cause of death.
Since this is the current Covid thread, will use it even though I try to stay out of these discussions. Reports/rumors about it picking up again this Winter because of it evolving and making some of the current things not as effective or not at all effective.
