COVID-19 pills could be a game changer — if you can get your hands on them
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COVID-19 patients in Wyoming eager to get their hands on Pfizer's new antiviral pill for treating the disease may want to draw straws. With supplies extremely limited for now, the Biden administration initially will provide the state with only 100 courses of the drug.
Other small states are also getting small allotments of the pill, called Paxlovid (see chart below). Alaska and North Dakota will each receive 120 courses, while South Dakota, Delaware and Montana will get 140, 160 and 180, respectively, according to a breakdown from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Until Pfizer can ramp up production in 2022, Paxlovid supplies will be scarce in larger states as well. The government will provide California with an initial supply of 6,180 courses. Given the state's population of more than 39 million people, that amounts to roughly one treatment per 6,300 residents. Texas, with 30 million people, is set to get 4,240 courses of Paxlovid.
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