Promising new antiviral Ensitrelvir (Xocova) used for post exposure prophylaxis for Covid-19. When taken within 72 hours of exposure, reduces symptomatic Covid-19 by 67%. The antiviral could cut the risk of not just COVID-19, but also acquiring new diseases triggered by COVID-19, including Long COVID.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/121530

It has been approved by the FDA to treat adolescents and adults:
https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fda-approves-ensitrelvir-for-post-exposure-prophylaxis-of-covid-19-in-adolescents-and-adults

#covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #GetVaccinated #WearAMask #PublicHealth

People panicking about hantavirus like they're not walking around with their 9th case of covid and still not wearing a fucking mask.

#covid #covid19 #GetVaccinated #hantavirus

RE: https://flipboard.com/@npr/health-930k6cv1z/-/a-LJuOS3gbR2-bzFzO4-zxag%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0

The antivax sentiment in one of the most notorious red states is trying to move forward with disabling and killing its populace, starting with kids.
#PublicHealth #AntiVax #GetVaccinated #WearAMask

Patients are refusing blood from vaccinated donors.

They can die.

#GetVaccinated

We're slowly reaching a point where so many people will have been deeply effected by #Covid19 that the general populace will have a harder time ignoring it.
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Long COVID potentially affects nearly 6 million children in the US. This South Shore teen is one of them

Defined as a chronic condition that lasts for at least three months after a COVID infection, long COVID is diagnosed not by a single test but by a pattern of symptoms that cannot otherwise be explained. Those symptoms can include fatigue, headaches, brain fog, sleep disruption, and pain, but they often look different depending on age.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/23/metro/long-covid-teens-children-boston/?s_campaign=8315:varf

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#LongCovid #Covid19 #Boston #Infectiousdisease #PublicHealth #CovidisNotOver #GetVaccinated #WearAMask

As professionals who have had to reason and analyze antivax behavior, the comment that always stayed with me is that "People will remain willfully ignorant until it affects them directly".
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As Measles Takes Toll on Kids, Anti-Vaxxers Have Change of Heart

For some vaccine-hesitant parents...who’ve been goaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., watching an outbreak rip through their state has made the deadly realities of the disease more concrete.

They’re starting to question their own deeply held beliefs and the conspiracy theories that fueled them. And in several measles hotspots, enough of them are quietly changing their minds on the MMR shot that it’s slowing down the outbreaks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/as-measles-takes-toll-on-kids-anti-vaxxers-have-change-of-heart/ar-AA21iL9p
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I wish I could say I believe it is a turning point, but our recent history suggests that ignorance will keep outpacing facts unless laws are made and enforced to protect everyone.

#AntiVax #Measles #Infectiousdiseases #GetVaccinated #WearAMask #PublicHealth