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Just because it worked for you doesn't mean that the effectiveness in their trials represents real world numbers. I'm not pulling this out of my ass, I was told this by a medical professional.
There are many types of "medical professionals". Only a vast minority actually read and interpret trial data.
I'm going to trust my direct experience with the drug (I know it works) and real world studies like below.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35653428/
Excuse me, that study only examined 140,219 patients. You'll need WAY more, at least one million, to argue against the anecdotal opinion of a random, unspecified 'medical professional'.
/s so hard
Only 2.6% of the sample were given paxlovid, and they didn't control for vaccination status.
Also, it only covered 1 month nearly 2 years ago in a single country, and the virus has mutated several times since then.
The best part about having a background in statistics is watching people who don't understand statistics try to explain why the math that doesn't support their point actually does, somehow.
Statistics don't matter if your methodology is flawed.
Paxlovid is a 3CL protease inhibitor. It modifies the primary enzyme that is common across all cornavirus.