So what's their play here? That those people who refused vaccines will want to take this pill instead?
And vaccinated people can get infected and suffer from serious symptoms. If the entire world were vaccinated and 0.1% of people would have serious symptoms, that would still be more than 8 million people looking for a cure.
also if this can help impact the rate of hospitalization and death among unvaccinated than it also alleviates the need for actual vaccinations to do the lift of ending the overall pandemic.