2/25/25: Invivyd chairman Marc Elia; Long COVID in Mexico

In this episode of Still Here: Invivyd chairman Marc Elia speaks with co-host Miles Griffis about his recent op-ed for The Sick Times about how bureaucracy is killing people with Long COVID and the role of monoclonal antibodies in the ongoing pandemic. And freelance health and science reporter Annika Hom speaks with co-host Betsy Ladyzhets about efforts to establish a national clinical guideline for treating Long COVID in Mexico.

Also in this episode: A phase III Long COVID clinical trial testing a combination of the HIV drug Selzentry (Maraviroc) and the statin Lipitor (Atorvastatin), and the latest COVID-19 trends. 

The transcript for this podcast is⁠⁠ available on The Sick Times’ website⁠⁠. You can jump to specific sections of the podcast and transcript below:

(00:00:00) Intro

(00:01:37) COVID-19 trends

(00:05:12) Invivyd chairman Marc Elia on monoclonal antibodies and more

(00:18:36) Long COVID clinical guideline in Mexico

(00:26:55) Research: Phase III Long COVID clinical trial with a HIV drug-statin combination

(00:28:46) Outro

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Mentioned in this episode (in order of appearance):

• The Sick Times: National COVID-19 trends, February 18
• CDC wastewater dashboard
• Biobot wastewater risk reports
• WastewaterSCAN dashboard
• The Sick Times: Invivyd Chairman Marc Elia: The bureaucracy is killing people with Long COVID
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