the-truth-behind pfizer’s paxlovid™

The Truth Behind Pfizer’s Paxlovid™

Editor’s note: The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Here are some things we know about Pfizer’s brand-name antiviral elixir Paxlovid: It makes everything taste terrible. “Paxlovid mouth” is discussed from Reddit feeds to scholarly journals. (“Dysgeusia” is the fancy medical term for this persistent foul taste in one’s mouth.) It’s rapaciously priced. It’s now five times more expensive per gram than gold. Once upon a, Read More