{"title":"Usage and awareness of antiviral medications for COVID-19","authors":"N. Kojima, J. Klausner","doi":"10.1101/2022.04.21.22274155","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We surveyed people that recently tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 to assess the frequency and correlates of early treatment seeking behavior. Among high risk respondents, 66.0% were aware of treatment for COVID-19 and 36.3% had sought treatment, however only 1.7% reported use of an antiviral for SARS-CoV-2 infection. More public outreach is needed to raise awareness of the benefits of treatment for COVID-19.","PeriodicalId":10421,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America","volume":"13 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.21.22274155","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We surveyed people that recently tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 to assess the frequency and correlates of early treatment seeking behavior. Among high risk respondents, 66.0% were aware of treatment for COVID-19 and 36.3% had sought treatment, however only 1.7% reported use of an antiviral for SARS-CoV-2 infection. More public outreach is needed to raise awareness of the benefits of treatment for COVID-19.