Will new antivirals bring us into a new phase of covid risk-mitigation and effectively end the pandemic? As I lay on my couch, shirtless and cold but sweating from my first Covid booster shot, I got a push notification about a Wired article: New Covid Drugs Are Here — and They Could Change the Pandemic The article highlights the benefits these drugs could bring to the third world, where the logistics of delivering fussy mRNA vaccines that have to be kept frozen has been difficult. But what does.