News from early November: a study looking back at patient charts found that getting a prescription for metformin within 6 days of covid diagnosis was associated with a MUCH lower risk of long covid. Folks who got the diabetes medication had half the rate of long covid than the general population. This is a reason to get tested, or test yourself, if you start feeling like you might have flu or covid symptoms. Summary: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/metformin-given-within-week-covid-19-slashes-risk-long-covid-death-53-paper-notes Study: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.71190 #Covid #LongCovid