> I feel like I'm pointing out the obvious, but another, extremely effect and quick "treatment" is vaccination.
Does every discussion of about post-exposure prophylaxis have to have comments about vaccination?
> And it works great without the constant need for testing.
A primary reason for testing has been to help stop the spread of the virus (test positive = isolate), not necessarily to let people with mild symptoms or no symptoms know that they're infected.
Vaccinated individuals can still spread the virus and some people are at higher risk even when vaccinated, so testing is still of value.
> I have to imagine that anyone willing to undergo treatment at the very start of getting covid, would have also been willing to be vaccinated.
That's quite an assumption. Without passing judgment about his decision not to get vaccinated and to throw the kitchen sink at COVID once he was infected, Joe Rogan is an example of a person who is willing to treat an infection but not get vaccinated. I doubt he's the only one.
> Additionally, in my experience, physicians aren't terribly concerned about infections in vaccinated individuals.
Vaccination certainly reduces the incidence of hospitalization and death, and the data to date suggests that vaccinated individuals are less likely to develop "long COVID" symptoms. But there's still a lot we don't know. Research indicates that individuals with breakthrough infections can have viral loads that are as high as unvaccinated individuals, and some percentage report courses of illness that are virtually identical to a typical course of illness in unvaccinated individuals (respiratory symptoms, extreme fatigue, etc.) so I think it's premature to make too many assumptions. Especially since in immunologically naive people, some with "mild" or even largely asymptomatic infections also report lasting issues too.