Examining Community Barriers and the Resources Needed to Increase Access to COVID-19 Antivirals

During the Who, What, Where and When of COVID-19 Treatments: Everything You Need to Know About Lifesaving Antivirals webinar, attendees who worked at community-based organizations (CBOs) were asked to complete a three-question poll to further examine access to antivirals:

1. What is the biggest barrier your community is experiencing when accessing COVID-19 treatments?
2. What resources would be most helpful to increase access to COVID-19 treatments in your community?
3. What are your recommendations to national, state and/or local officials to improve equitable access to COVID-19 treatments?

Questions were open-ended and respondents could list as many barriers as possible, resources and recommendations per question.

• 214 attendees completed the poll
• There were 547 answers across the three questions

Answers for each question were then analyzed and broken down into themes.