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🚨 Medical Ethics - #MedTwitter 🚨
#Access2Antivirals is poor. We have heard from NHS sources that only 10-16% of the tiny subset of immunosuppressed people who qualify for treatment receive them within 5 days.
This, in itself, is a serious concern. But not the focus today.
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#Access2Antivirals is poor. We have heard from NHS sources that only 10-16% of the tiny subset of immunosuppressed people who qualify for treatment receive them within 5 days.
This, in itself, is a serious concern. But not the focus today.
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People are being sent the above email when they *do* qualify for treatment directly from the Covid Medicines Delivery Units (CMDUs).
The Panoramic trial has 450 spaces/day and only 225 doses of Paxlovid (a proven treatment) it is open to Clinically Vulnerable people and 50+.
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The Panoramic trial has 450 spaces/day and only 225 doses of Paxlovid (a proven treatment) it is open to Clinically Vulnerable people and 50+.
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The Panoramic trial is often heavily oversubscribed especially during times of great need. Whether we need a trial for a treatments proven effective is another question....
The question is:
Is it ethical to prompt someone who qualifies for treatment to apply to this trial?
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The question is:
Is it ethical to prompt someone who qualifies for treatment to apply to this trial?
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🚨Living with Covid #Access2Antivirals 🚨
Antiviral treatments are available to the 'Severely Immunosuppressed' a subset of the Clinically Vulnerable who remain at high-risk despite up to 5 vaccine doses.
🧵will cover how Vulnerable groups can access antiviral treatments.
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Antiviral treatments are available to the 'Severely Immunosuppressed' a subset of the Clinically Vulnerable who remain at high-risk despite up to 5 vaccine doses.
🧵will cover how Vulnerable groups can access antiviral treatments.
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Early antiviral treatment is a vital tool to prevent severe outcomes in high-risk people.
Currently only a small group who have poor immunity following vaccination are allowed to access them.
Please look through this list to see if you qualify:
england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/do…
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Currently only a small group who have poor immunity following vaccination are allowed to access them.
Please look through this list to see if you qualify:
england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/do…
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The 'Severely Immunosuppressed' group is smaller than those offered 5 vaccine doses & includes some never flagged as CEV.
So...
1) What should you do if you have Covid and DO qualify for antivirals?
2) What if you are Clinically Vulnerable/50+ and DON'T qualify on the list?
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So...
1) What should you do if you have Covid and DO qualify for antivirals?
2) What if you are Clinically Vulnerable/50+ and DON'T qualify on the list?
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