Biden has gotten somewhat better from his covid case and did some unpaid drug promotion earlier this week.
Millions of Americans have used Paxlovoid [sic] — P a xlovid, excuse me — Paxl o vid. (Laughs.) I tell you what: I think it’s — I used it. (Laughter.) No — Paxlovid, including me.
This lifesaving drug reduces risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 by about 90 percent.
Again, it’s free, safe, and easy to take. And we’ve moved quickly to make it widely available, including the thousands of convenient test-to-treat sites where you can get tested and, if you need it, Paxlovid is at — ready right then and there when you make your visit.
Again, go to COVID.gov to find where test-to-treat sites are that are near you.
Not to belittle paxlovid’s success as a treatment, but here’s a quick reminder that when the government says “free”, in this case it means $8B in the last 3 months.
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine brought in $8.8 billion in revenue for the second quarter, while sales of Paxlovid totaled $8.1 billion. The company maintained its 2022 sales guidance for the vaccine of $32 billion and is still expecting $22 billion for Paxlovid.
