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Ok_Purpose_1606 t1_j2arfhs wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Has anyone youngish been able to get paxlovid? by earlgreyyuzu

I'm confused is having increased risk of a disease, but not actually having it, considered being at increased risk for severe COVID? Seems like that's using the transitive property which I don't think is how it works.

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earlgreyyuzu OP t1_j2at8t6 wrote

Yes it does. If you have a genetic predisposition for cancer, dementia and other neurological conditions, you’re at risk of getting long covid and exacerbating the chances that you’ll get the illness earlier.

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Ok_Purpose_1606 t1_j2b9rzm wrote

Here's the thing, paxlovid is to treat people who have a risk of primary complications with COVID as in they are at risk of getting severely sick from their COVID infection itself not secondary long term complications of having COVID. That may be why you got the push back.

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earlgreyyuzu OP t1_j2boj8s wrote

And you're knowledgeable of my partner's health and total lack of risk factors based on one example I gave?

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DryLavishness8098 t1_j2ay37y wrote

COVID is showing an increased likelihood of neurological-deficit conditions across the board - including Alzheimer's. That makes OP's partner low risk.

You really need to read the recent literature more to speak as confidently here as you have, because you've clearly not done that.

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Ok_Purpose_1606 t1_j2b7moe wrote

I was asking a question, and I literally said "I'm confused"...

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