[Amarok]

It's downvoted because it's dangerous and uninformed medical advice.

You can treat flu (influenza) with osetalmivir. People with mild symptoms can still be at risk, further testing is needed [1]

Please just phone your emergency line if you suspect you may have it.

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22610265

[mycall]

Would not the influenza vaccine be better than using osetalmivir?

[vanniv]

These serve different purposes.

If you are already infected, a vaccine is not useful.

But regardless, there is no approved treatment for COVID.

Gilead's new antiviral looks promising, and the Chloroquine/Azithromycin combo looks promising, too, but the first isn't approved for any use yet, and the second is an uncertain off-label use, so in either case, you aren't going to get those treatments unless the alternative is likely death, if you can get them them at all.