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Nicole Karlis

Does Paxlovid work against COVID?

A person holds the drug Paxlovid against Covid-19 from the manufacturer Pfizer. Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images

The COVID-19 vaccines may be waning in effectiveness as the virus mutates, but their fast production time and initial excellent efficacy rates mark them as a modern marvel of biotechnology. 

Yet a less-appreciated but widely used COVID-19 drug, called Paxlovid, is perhaps equally impressive, a testament to human ingenuity.

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