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Setting the "Treatment fraction" and the "Range of
days" alone does not guarantee any treatments.
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Section ressources determines the size
of the antiviral stockpile at the beginning of the epidemic. Treatments will
only be given until the viral stockpile is depleted. .
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Treatment is only given after a case
seeks medical help. The waiting
time between onset of symptoms and seeking medical help influences the
fraction of severe cases who actually receive antiviral treatment.
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Section treatment of severe cases
determines at what time a fraction of severe cases who can be taken care of
at home can be treated..
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Antiviral treatment can reduce
contagiousness and duration of the disease and thereby reduce the speed
at which the infection spreads. The epidemiologic effect of antiviral
treatment is, therefore, also influenced by the
duration und
average contagiousness
of the disease.
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If partial isolation of severe
cases who can be taken care of at home is chosen, the
reduction of the duration and
degree of contagiousness after antiviral treatment can mitigate the isolation
effect.
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Antiviral treatment can prevent
hospitalizations and thereby reduces the peak value of the number of
hospitalized patients. As only patiens who are (or ought to be)
hospitalized
die in the program, treatment of
extremely severe cases indirectly also lowers the number of deaths.
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Some hospitalizations can be
prevented by antiviral tratment,
leading to more cases who will be taken care of at home. This has the side
effect that the relative importance of
partial isolation at home and
partial isolation in hospitals change.
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