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A somewhat uncommon mechanism. it actually goes into the virus' rna and stops it from replicating. that's good. you see the results that merck is reporting. however, there are concerns about off target effects. off target meaning maybe it might affect something in the human body's genetic system and not just the virus' genetic system. experts tell me we don't have reason to fear this, however, it is hypothetically true. some experts told me they predict the fda will say not to use this, for example, for pregnant women or to use it cautiously with pregnant women for fears of the effect that it ...
Died. that is obviously a big difference. so this data, this is going to be poured over by advisers to the fda, by the fda itself, and a crucial question will be, the way these pills work is that they basically mess with, for want of a better term, the virus' dna. it stops it from replicating. you want to make sure you don't have off target effects. make sure you're not messing with anything else in the human body. so they really will be looking to see if there were any side effects. erica, jim? elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. let's dig deeper, dr. carlos del rio joins us now. just for clar...